Re: What to do now

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

I read an idea, that appeals to me, on one of these lists.  I remember its
being due to that Gadfly Schwartz (retired UCB).  It is for the students near
the end of the class to write in a few sentences the main point(s) of the
class.  They are collected and graded!  This will serve several purposes:  It
will increase attention, (assuming they are grade driven), sharpen their
ability to summarize concisely (tautology?), and also indicate how well you've
been "putting it across."

bc

Mariam Dittman wrote:

> I just heard a neat idea from one of my new instructors.  In one physics
> class she took the students were all issued a card with one side red and one
> side green.  If you were following the lecture, you turned the green side
> up.  If you got lost, you turned the red side up.  The instructor could then
> stop and repeat or try again to explain a topic when red cards appeared.
>
> Mariam Dittmann