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November 27, 2005
Getting Students to Read the Book (Con't)
Jeff provided another suggestion for getting students to read the book. From time to time, he administers a simple quiz on the required reading for that class period. He posts questions (to be Scantron-graded) on the overhead five minutes after the class starts. Any student who arrives after the test begins is unable to participate and expected to sit quietly, and "Fail with pride," as Jeff tells them. One quiz score per term can be thrown out.
All of this helps him to avoid lecturing to faces would not be blank had the students read the material...
I still plan to compile all of the suggestions I've had on this topic into single document ... coming soon ...
Posted by DavidK at November 27, 2005 10:17 AM | Permalink