class management for py121
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General Physics II (PY 121) Classroom Management for Spring 2006
Presented by:
Mike Mikhaiel
For
Educational Technology Committee
February 14, 2006
Paterson Room
Problem
Last semester, I had a problem with the difference in each student’s background during the General Physics I course. Students either have a very good background in the subject or a weak one.
Solution (Student-Centered Activities)
• Actively engage students in their learning
• Design an environment to support learning
• Develop/Modify instructional activities
• Assess impact on learning
Cooperative Learning Benefits
• Active/Interactive Learning
• Individuals get stuck and give up while individuals in groups share resources
• More and better questions are asked
• Students learn more when they teach each other
Cooperative Learning “Secrets”
• Individual accountability. Each member is responsible for doing their own fair share of the work and for mastering all the material.
• Positive interdependence. Team members have to rely upon one another.
• Face to face interaction. Some or all of the group effort must be spent with members working together.
• Appropriate use of interpersonal skills. Members must receive instruction and then practice leadership, decision making,communication, and conflict management.
• Regular self-assessment of group functioning. Groups need to evaluate how well their team is functioning, where they could improve, and what they should do differently in the future.
Group “Engineering”
• Top students often motivated by grades
Give teamsmanship bonus if exam average >80
• Bottom students try to avoid work Groups can “fire” lazy members
Forming groups starting with my students’ spreadsheet ...
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, MehmetHenriquez, Lovita
Daud, ShadyDowlatyari, RohamGomez, Garibaldy
Hollingsworth, TracyKhonako, Narina
Malik, MuhammadMejia, Jose
Mendoza, YsaacNicolini, Rosa
Ijbara, BasemaRudra, Liton
Hwang, DaEunWilton, Pena
Vakman, MikeVargas, Karl
Forming GroupsRank and divide into thirds
Dowlatyari, RohamHollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, NarinaMejia, Jose
Nicolini, RosaMendoza, YsaacIjbara, Basema
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, LitonHwang, DaEunVakman, MikeDaud, Shady
Gomez, GaribaldyMalik, Muhammad
Vargas, KarlHenriquez, Lovita
Wilton, Pena
Top 1/3
Middle 1/3
Bottom 1/3
Forming Groups Distribute the very top people, one to each
Group.Dowlatyari, Roham
Hollingsworth, TracyKhonako, Narina
Mejia, JoseNicolini, Rosa
Mendoza, YsaacIjbara, Basema
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, LitonHwang, DaEunVakman, MikeDaud, Shady
Gomez, GaribaldyMalik, Muhammad
Vargas, KarlHenriquez, Lovita
Wilton, Pena
Top 1/3
Middle 1/3
Bottom 1/3
Group 1
Group 2
Forming Groups There will be six groups. Each group consists
of three or four students.Dowlatyari, Roham G 1
G 1G 1
Hollingsworth, Tracy G 2G 2G 2G 3G 3G 3G 4G 4G 4G 5G 5G 5G 5G 6G 6G 6G 6
Dowlatyari, RohamHollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, NarinaMejia, Jose
Nicolini, RosaMendoza, YsaacIjbara, Basema
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, LitonHwang, DaEunVakman, MikeDaud, Shady
Gomez, GaribaldyMalik, Muhammad
Vargas, KarlHenriquez, Lovita
Wilton, Pena
Top 1/3
Middle 1/3
Bottom 1/3
Forming GroupsFill in G1 and G2 groups
Dowlatyari, Roham G 1Akilli, Onur G 1
Daud, Shady G 1
Hollingsworth, Tracy G 2
Almurqaten, Murad G 2
Gomez, Garibaldy G 2
G 3
G 3
G 3
G 4
G 4G 4
G 5
G 5
G 5
G 5
G 6
G 6
G 6
G 6
Dowlatyari, RohamHollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, NarinaMejia, Jose
Nicolini, RosaMendoza, YsaacIjbara, Basema
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, LitonHwang, DaEunVakman, MikeDaud, Shady
Gomez, GaribaldyMalik, Muhammad
Paulino, JuanVargas, Karl
Henriquez, Lovita
Top 1/3
Middle 1/3
Bottom 1/3
Forming GroupsFill in other groups the same way.
Dowlatyari, Roham G 1Akilli, Onur G 1
Daud, Shady G 1
Hollingsworth, Tracy G 2Almurqaten, Murad G 2
Gomez, Garibaldy G 2
Khonako, Narina G 3
Awad, Morad G 3
Malik, Muhammad G 3
Mejia, Jose G 4
Ayyildiz, Mehmet G 4Paulino, Juan G 4
G 5
G 5
G 5
G 5
G 6
G 6
G 6
G 6
Dowlatyari, RohamHollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, NarinaMejia, Jose
Nicolini, RosaMendoza, YsaacIjbara, Basema
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, LitonHwang, DaEunVakman, MikeDaud, Shady
Gomez, GaribaldyMalik, Muhammad
Paulino, JuanVargas, Karl
Henriquez, Lovita
Top 1/3
Middle 1/3
Bottom 1/3
Forming GroupsFinish with the groups.
Dowlatyari, Roham G 1Akilli, Onur G 1
Daud, Shady G 1
Khonako, Narina G 2Awad, Morad G 2
Gomez, Garibaldy G 2
Nicolini, Rosa G 3
Rudra, Liton G 3
Malik, Muhammad G 3
Hollingsworth, Tracy G 4
Almurqaten, Murad G 4Paulino, Juan G 4
Mejia, Jose G 5
Ayyildiz, Mehmet G 5
Vakman, Mike G 5
Vargas, Karl G 5
Hwang, DaEun G 6Henriquez, Lovita G 6Mendoza, Ysaac G 6
Ijbara, Basema G 6
Dowlatyari, RohamHollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, NarinaMejia, Jose
Nicolini, RosaMendoza, YsaacIjbara, Basema
Akilli, OnurAlmurqaten, Murad
Awad, MoradAyyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, LitonHwang, DaEunVakman, MikeDaud, Shady
Gomez, GaribaldyMalik, Muhammad
Paulino, JuanVargas, Karl
Henriquez, Lovita
Top 1/3
Middle 1/3
Bottom 1/3
Expected Attitudes
• “I can deal with the lecture class, it’s just that I enjoy more...getting more into the interactive projects. Its more hands on. If you don’t understand something, you just ask the guy next to you. Nobody yells at you for talking.”
• “...you have a professor right in the middle and...a couple of guys spread out and you can flag them down...In the lecture, you are sitting... 5 rows back. You really don’t have anyone but the two people next to you and they don’t know. You really don’t have anyone with some knowledge to help you out.”
The ResultI would like to see my students saying this:
“I would like to have another quiz so I can show the instructor how good I am in physics.”