tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5467919460902543285..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: 5 Tips to Help You Become a Better College Professor. From The Onion / HuffPo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1138981063881993472013-12-20T00:58:57.114-05:002013-12-20T00:58:57.114-05:00Well, I don't give group assignments, but my s...Well, I don't <i>give</i> group assignments, but my students treat the opportunity to rework the long problems on the exam as one.<br /><br />Generally, I can even figure out who the smart one in each clique is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5496761672534433782013-12-19T01:36:18.408-05:002013-12-19T01:36:18.408-05:00“But don't blame your professors. They weren&#...“But don't blame your professors. They weren't hired to teach you. They were hired to publish scholarly papers and to enhance your school's academic reputation. You're thinking, ‘But I don't care if my professor is a renowned expert in his or her field of study. I didn't even know that this field of study existed before I came to college. Yet if they have no social skills,Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-92026701889697229012013-12-19T01:30:31.272-05:002013-12-19T01:30:31.272-05:00Hey! I already do comply with recommendations 1-5!...Hey! I already do comply with recommendations 1-5! I suppose that means I'm a perfect teacher, but you knew that. ;-)<br />Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40611515443107565442013-12-18T14:36:49.917-05:002013-12-18T14:36:49.917-05:00That's definitely wrong, in my experience. Mos...That's definitely wrong, in my experience. Most students do not like group assignments. But well-structured ones do have their place. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45585255327541180602013-12-18T14:13:42.043-05:002013-12-18T14:13:42.043-05:00I get pinged by our "learning center' peo...I get pinged by our "learning center' people for not doing more group assignments. "Students love them!" they say. (I do about 1 per class per semester.)<br /><br />But a sixteen page dissertation bibliography?? phht. amateur. Mine was ninety. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47108944229386327142013-12-18T11:54:20.095-05:002013-12-18T11:54:20.095-05:00The preamble is the kind of ridiculous crap one re...The preamble is the kind of ridiculous crap one reads about proffies all the time, and I don't think it's meant to be funny; the writer does believe those things.<br /><br />The "recommendations", on the other hand, don't sound that bad to me:<br /><br />1- No group assignments. Agreed. I hated them when I was a student. One or two people do all the work, the others freeloadPeter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43303731922485278012013-12-18T11:46:20.979-05:002013-12-18T11:46:20.979-05:00No group projects. This, at least in certain topic...No group projects. This, at least in certain topics. Good grief, I am so sick and tired of having at least one person on the "team" who does no effing work. The rest of us have to scramble to make up the loss and the quality of our final work suffers as a result. <br /><br />Last year, our three-member team had to analyze a historical question that involved using examples throughout Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086727387857705638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21017993160367817882013-12-18T11:42:11.527-05:002013-12-18T11:42:11.527-05:00I heartily agree with no group assignments. I heartily agree with no group assignments. CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90867633186621515882013-12-18T10:08:16.625-05:002013-12-18T10:08:16.625-05:00Well, I agree with point 4 (students should make t...Well, I agree with point 4 (students should make their own review sheets; that can be a useful part of the learning process), and, mostly 5 (even if I'm not good at following up on same). And I've got mixed feelings about group projects (especially since I'm careful to construct mine so that everybody doesn't get the same grade, which means a lot of fiddly work totaling up pointsContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66448345749212201722013-12-18T07:39:37.127-05:002013-12-18T07:39:37.127-05:00"humor?"--best label of the week award (..."humor?"--best label of the week award (do we have one of these?)Mrs. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398436173535554878noreply@blogger.com