Posts Tagged by learning
Redesigning Learning in a Flipped Classroom
| May 16, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Risk, Teaching, Thoughts |
A comment I hear frequently after a visit is, “That looked nothing like what I thought it would.” It’s a good place to start a discussion about the total redesign a flipped classroom brings. A major criticism of the flipped classroom is that lecture is given as homework, and homework becomes the new class work.… more
No More Copies
| May 10, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Teaching, Thoughts |
We learn by emulating or imitating. To begin our frog dissections this week, I demonstrated proper cutting procedures on a frog. Students watched and then imitated my cuts. Soon, they were off on their own with a new skill under their belt. “Mr. Bennett, to get through the muscle, I made a pinch cut again”… more
Ugly Learning
| April 13, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Flipclass, Grading, Teaching |
Unfortunately, we are entrenched in an age of education that wants to be “pretty.” Students are all reaching “mastery” in every subject and they all move at the same pace through every class every year. Like all utopian societies, this is not attainable. True learning is ugly (to outsiders), and we need to embrace that… more
How to Create an Effective Study Guide
| April 12, 2012 | Posted by Brian Bennett under All, Teaching, Thoughts |
Final exams and standardized testing are right around the corner for us. My students have the obligation to sit in a large room and take multiple choice questions that (supposedly) tell us (them?) how much they have learned this year about biology. Naturally, the discussion about study guides comes up more and more frequently from… more
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