Workshop 2013

Weekly outline

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  • News forum
  • Summer Workshop Overview File

    Overview of the faculty, activities and resources related to entire the 8- day workshop series

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  Day 1- August 5

  Time: 9:30 (sharp) – 4:00 pm

  Place: Room 6495- CUNY Graduate Center

  • Reading assignment for Day 1:

    • the forward, preface and chapter 1 in Scientific Teachingby Handelsman et al.
    • and “Twilight of the Lecture” (http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/03/twilight-of-the-lecture) in the Harvard Magazine (it might be interesting to read the comments too).
    • (To get ahead) read chapter 2 and 3 in Handelsman et al., which are going to be assigned during week one of the workshop.

    Email Assignment for Day 1: 

    • Email Bert Flugman (bflugman@gc.cuny.edu) up to 3 questions about instruction raised by your reading of chapter 1 or the Harvard article, that you would like addressed during the workshop.
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  Day 2- August 6

  Time: 9:30 (sharp) – 4:00 pm

  Place: Room 6495- CUNY Graduate Center

  Richard Steinberg: How Students Learn

  • Richard's slides from Presentation- How Students Learn File
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  Day 3- August 7

  Time: 9:30 (sharp) – 4:00 pm

  Place: Room 6495- CUNY Graduate Center

  Howard Everson- Curriculum Design and Assessment

  • Assessment Assignment File
  • Sample Rubric File
  • Assessment Design File
  • Principles of Cognitive Science for Assessment File
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  Day 4- August 8

  Time: 9:30 (sharp) – 4:00 pm

  Place: Room 6495- CUNY Graduate Center

  Resources for Rubrics: Design and Samples

  • Helpful rubric websites: 

    National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment- Rubrics

    Offers a description of rubrics and sample rubrics from other universities, as well as resources for developing rubrics

    http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/Rubrics.htm
    

    Rubistar

    A free online website tool developed through the Advanced Learning Technologies (ALTEC) project at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning helps visitors create rubrics.

    http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

    RCampus- iRubric

    A free online resource that helps create rubrics in a collaborative learning environment.

    http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
    

     
  • Reduce Hassles, Teach Smarter - Rubrics for College URL
  • Authentic Assessment and Rubrics File
  • Using Rubrics to Teach Science File
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  Day 5- August 12

  9:30 AM- 4:00 PM - Room 6495 at Graduate Center)

  AM Howard Everson: Instructor Panel presentations (Labs & Classes)

  PM Mark Bobrow: Syllabus design, classroom policies and management

  • Basic Questions to Ask When Constructing a Syllabus Page
  • Syllabus Checklist Page
  • Lehman College Syllabus Guidelines File
  • Sample Syllabi Folder

  • Resources from Panel Presenters

  • Stephanie Nygard- 1st Day Lecture File
  • Stephanie Nygard- Introduction to Lecture File
  • Kelly Greenland- Physics 207 Syllabus File
  • Kelly Greenland- Lab Report Rubric File
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  Day 6- August 13
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  Day 7- August 14

  Nathan Lents, John Jay College

  • The Science of Science Teaching File

    Making the Classroom a Laboratory of Learning

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  Day 8- August 15
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