Transcript Managing Hands-On Activities

Managing Hands-On Activities
TEAK Teaching Workshop
September ##, 2008
Dr. Elizabeth DeBartolo
Dr. Margaret Bailey
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Warm-Up
• Progress to date on Microteaching activity
• Topic
• Format
• Questions?
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Today’s Activity…
• Managing hands-on activities
• Objectives:
• Recognize potential difficulties that may arise
• Time activities appropriately
• Help students learn from their mistakes in a
safe environment
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Electrical Energy:
Resistor and Capacitor Activities
• Review the Resistor and Capacitor
Activities (5 minutes)
• Make a list of 3 potential difficulties
students might have in each (3 minutes)
• Review with your partner (3 minutes)
• Report back to group (7 minutes)
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Resistor and Capacitor Activities
(continued)
• Perform the Resistor or Capacitor Activity
with your partner (7 minutes)
• Make notes of any new difficulties you had
and any new potential difficulties you
identified (5 minutes)
• Report back to the group (7 minutes)
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How long did it take?
• Average? Range of times?
• In an actual classroom/lab?
• What to do when:
• Groups finish early?
• Groups aren’t done when time is called?
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Failure is an option
• Why?
• Examples…
• What would help alleviate your fears of
failure in class/lab?
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Wrap-Up
• Discussion: What’s an appropriate time
balance between lecture and hands-on
activity for your teaching environment?
Why?
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