Today April 6
Dog days of Orgo:
Well this morning it was clear that it sometimes does not matter what or how you teach, if the collective attitude of the class is that they don’t want to engage, they won’t. Students this morning clearly were NOT prepared, they “read”, they said, but they were NOT interested in being engaged. They wanted me to stand in front and lecture. Most frustrating.
I used group control for the first time which seemed okay, I wonder if the students just were so burned out by last weeks exam that they are trying to catch up on other classes or just wanted to rest from chemistry.
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April 6, 2009 10:49 am
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By Bryan Alexander, April 9, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
Sorry to hear that, Andrew. How did they respond to group control?
By Andrew French, April 10, 2009 @ 7:23 am
group control was fun, but hey were really uncertain at the concept of group inking. Like all new things they are reluctant to start in. because all other inking has been private (me and them) this public display of their work is like being called to teh chalkboard, so they are reticent. i think I’ll be using it more, adn that they weill be getting used to it.