tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post256814104826154061..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Flip This!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81769317799607052482012-05-23T08:00:46.087-04:002012-05-23T08:00:46.087-04:00I'll let Frod comment on this. His command of ...I'll let Frod comment on this. His command of invective is better than mine.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61304169836722651322012-05-23T07:59:54.351-04:002012-05-23T07:59:54.351-04:00Isis, I never say "instead of lecture." ...Isis, I <em>never</em> say "instead of lecture." And everything I tell them to do carries points (well, not <strong>everything</strong> -- but if it doesn't carry points itself, they have to do it before they can move on to point-earning).<br /><br />They still complain.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40061662275657860482012-05-23T07:57:53.231-04:002012-05-23T07:57:53.231-04:00Likewise. Whenever I implement one of the latest f...Likewise. Whenever I implement one of the latest fads - <a href="http://www.pogil.org/" rel="nofollow">POGIL</a>, for instance -- I get requests for "more lecture" on the evals.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59821141004367819872012-05-22T19:56:56.676-04:002012-05-22T19:56:56.676-04:00Everything she describes would require the support...Everything she describes would require the support of admin, especially sending them out of the classroom to go work at a computer.<br /><br />Untie my hands, and I will gladly implement this. Until then, admin can flip <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_gesture02.jpg/180px-The_gesture02.jpg" rel="nofollow"> this! </a>Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33798812078337940332012-05-22T16:16:55.022-04:002012-05-22T16:16:55.022-04:00One secondary teacher's answer to "What i...One secondary teacher's answer to "What if they don't watch the video"<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1MKpyVPilI&feature=relmfuJohn Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313291612347786473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59191698289554240812012-05-22T15:55:07.402-04:002012-05-22T15:55:07.402-04:00Eric Mazur has had good results with using "p...Eric Mazur has had good results with using "peer instruction" in college classes. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_instructionJohn Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313291612347786473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42313172952712663632012-05-22T09:47:48.429-04:002012-05-22T09:47:48.429-04:00Yes, this will "humiliate" them! And it&...Yes, this will "humiliate" them! And it's fun.Ovreductdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13961540854552566493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13458137936105859022012-05-22T09:38:22.333-04:002012-05-22T09:38:22.333-04:00Do the reading outside class? Are you kidding? I h...Do the reading outside class? Are you kidding? I have students these days who show up on the first day asking me if we're going to do the reading IN CLASS. Like, together. Out loud. Roud-robin style.<br /><br />Which makes me wonder what's going on in the rest of classes at the university.Gone Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551318129736463087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31808018174437342642012-05-22T09:37:07.315-04:002012-05-22T09:37:07.315-04:00I'm actually doing one of these classes right ...I'm actually doing one of these classes right now. The trick is to tie the alternate in class activities directly to something they do care about: grades. We're doing something along the lines of a five minute video that will cover the list of attributes of different colored hamsters, then in class we present several questions that requires them to use the list. Some exam questions would Irritated Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415532947857584043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38245691965953019032012-05-22T09:34:09.828-04:002012-05-22T09:34:09.828-04:00My students LOVE lectures. There is nothing they ...My students LOVE lectures. There is nothing they would rather do than write down what I say and passively regurgitate it to me. Any flipping I do is paid for by bad student evaluations.Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44196161547881908382012-05-22T09:01:37.995-04:002012-05-22T09:01:37.995-04:00To some extent, you can embarrass them for their l...To some extent, you can embarrass them for their lack of preparation by asking them repeatedly to answer simple questions from the reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84765994784445293712012-05-21T23:08:15.517-04:002012-05-21T23:08:15.517-04:00Brava! Amen! Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap!!!!!
Yes, ...Brava! Amen! Clap Clap Clap Clap Clap!!!!!<br /><br />Yes, as far as I can tell, my classroom (and those of most humanities proffies I know) have been flipped for at least my lifetime. But conducting class on the ceiling is getting harder and harder, because the students are doing less and less work outside of class. So now we try to do it all -- give them a bit of time to read, a bit of time Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45065010200427914282012-05-21T20:59:42.256-04:002012-05-21T20:59:42.256-04:00This is a big fad in the secondary-education world...This is a big fad in the secondary-education world. I have a math-teacher colleague who does this occasionally, because it allows her to be in class with kids as they work though problems. I think it's great that the idea works for her. I get testy when admins try to push these fads on us, though. (Check that; it's late May, so in the words of Fat Tony from the Simpsons, "I don&#Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79895485975377149872012-05-21T19:35:49.257-04:002012-05-21T19:35:49.257-04:00Ah, yes.
Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, I have seen ...Ah, yes.<br /><br />Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ, I have seen the light! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX5tfRdkoY0<br /><br />But seriously, what ahistoricality said above.BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41834186295364777052012-05-21T19:28:27.558-04:002012-05-21T19:28:27.558-04:00Give them 0 for 'participation' if they ha...Give them 0 for 'participation' if they haven't done the assignment, but let them in anyway; they may pick something up by being around people who have done the work. (I do this routinely in Hamster Grammar And Syntax classes). I want to encourage people to actually do the work, but I also want to encourage them to come even if they haven't, because going over it in class will Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32191907225660690082012-05-21T19:22:55.033-04:002012-05-21T19:22:55.033-04:00We watched a video presentation about this at a fa...We watched a video presentation about this at a faculty meeting. While it seems like a good idea, I have some concerns.<br /><br />The presenter recommended that we place a table at the door and check off everyone's assignment as they came, and mark absent those who did not do the assignment and refuse to allow them to enter.<br /><br />Oddly enough, while WOLF359 promotes this idea they Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19993771312245467622012-05-21T18:54:17.027-04:002012-05-21T18:54:17.027-04:00students are expected to do substantial independen...<i>students are expected to do substantial independent work, often prior to topics being introduced in class</i><br /><br />Students are also expected to be alert, intelligent and involved when they're in class. <<i>chortle, snort</i>>introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52921029285332921522012-05-21T17:42:32.061-04:002012-05-21T17:42:32.061-04:00Most of the flipped curricula are in primary/secon...Most of the flipped curricula are in primary/secondary ed, where parents can (more or less) enforce homework compliance. <br /><br />At the university level, almost all courses are flipped, in that students are expected to do substantial independent work, often prior to topics being introduced in class. The best we can hope for, honestly, is that students trained by flipped teachers might be moreAhistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.com