Colloquium Presentation for Physics and Astronomy Department, Vanderbilt University, Sept 16, 2021
Abstract: Meeting students where they are is a collaborative endeavor between student and instructor. An instructor should first find out where their students are in their preparation, be explicit about where you want your course to take them, and then take purposeful steps to design your instruction to help them make that journey. Different students start out in different places, so I will share strategies for engaging and supporting students with different levels of preparation. Furthermore, I will discuss strategies to help motivate students to embrace their portion of that responsibility. I will also describe and demonstrate a variety of ways to use active learning both to help students learn more deeply, and also to gather frequent feedback from your students so you can monitor where they are in their learning. This feedback will help you plan and pitch your instruction at an appropriate level, and will also empower your students to monitor and take more ownership of their own learning.
Resources for colloquium Thu Sept 16, 2021.
Files
powerpoint presentation: Kregenow-VanderbiltSlides
handout PDF: KregenowColloquiumHandout
handout .docx: VanderbiltHandout
ABDC color voting card PDF: ABCD_Card-2d9qmya
and JPG:
notes: VanderbiltSlides-notes-new