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Have you ever tried to cross a creek by hopping from stone to stone? If so, then you know how important the placement of the stones is to your ability to make your way to the other side, while at the same time keeping your feet dry.
In the article The Placement of Those Steppingstones, the University of Richmond’s Joe Ben Hoyle compares the placement of steppingstones to the educational processes teachers use to help their students get from point A to point B. Hoyle theorizes that “education stumbles when either the learning points are not sequenced in a clearly logical order or they are not placed at a proper distance from each other.”
Course Design and Development Ideas That Work is a new special report featuring 12 articles from The Teaching Professor that will inspire you to rethink the stepping stones of your courses. Download now »
Articles in the 17-page report include:
• Pairing vs. Small Groups: A Model for Analytical Collaboration
• Should Students Have a Role in Setting Course Goals?
• Large Course with a Small Course Option
• A Critique of Scaffolding
• When to Begin the End: The Role and Use of Summary in Course Design
So much of what determines the overall success or failure of a course takes place well in advance of the first day of class. It’s the thoughtful contemplation of your vision for the course — from what you want your students to learn, to selecting the instructional activities, assignments, and materials that will fuel that learning, to determining how you will measure learning outcomes.
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