Timeline for How to motivate students to do readings
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| Aug 3, 2016 at 7:37 | vote | accept | Kimball | ||
| Apr 16, 2016 at 0:54 | comment | added | user0721090601 | I do very similar — students have a few brief questions design to support the understanding of the text. They hand it in online before class but I only grade for completion. In class, having done the work, everyone has at least something of a base to work from and we do more applied / discussion stuff in groups. | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 23:02 | comment | added | paul garrett | Indeed, in my experience with several attempts at "math as humanist subject" and such, it is important to plan for non-compliance and/or misunderstanding (which is unsurprising in the face of the massive cultural biases and silly mythologies about math). So one doesn't want to have the whole class period be a "no-go" because 1/3 of the people didn't do any reading... which will, pseudo-mystifyingly, always be the case. | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 22:53 | comment | added | StrongBad | @Kimball don't divide them on performance. Mixed groups tend to be fairer and lead to better learning (and student reviews). | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 22:51 | comment | added | Kimball | That's a good idea. I was thinking about breaking up students into groups based on scores from previous quizzes or hw's, but this sounds better. | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 22:35 | comment | added | StrongBad | To the first upvoter. There is no way you even had enough time to read my answer ... | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 22:34 | history | answered | StrongBad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |