Large lecture classes what are they thinking? What’s he talking about?

Large lecture classes

what are they

thinking?What’s he talking

about?

Presenting material on slides:

limit the information

use slides as lecture outline

or to pose questions and problems

The First Crusade 1096-1099Why do knights follow this

clergyman?

The world Columbus knew:European geographical knowledge c. 1490

The Classroom experience

What am I supposed to be

getting?

The Classroom experience

ignore themuse them as a teaching device

attempts at control

electronic devices

Working with TAs

making TAs co-teachers

TAs as resources for you and for each other

TAs in the lecture hall

Resources

working with TAs:

tips on lecturing:

http://homepages.math.uic.edu/~bshipley/Eight_Hot_Tips_UIC.pdf

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/TFTlectures.html

note taking http://lsc.cornell.edu/LSC_Resources/cornellsystem.pdf

http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/ta-supervisors/

Resources

Mindfulness for teachers and students

https://www.uihealthcare.org/mindfulness

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