CS 301 Class #4 Spring 2004
February 13, 2004

Learning Styles

Dan Garcia <ddgarcia@cs>
Clint Ryan <ryanc@cs>

Class outline

• Welcome
• HowDidItGo(tm) (20) [D]
• Break
• Reading review (35) [C]
  • SIGCSE paper
  • Tools for Teaching
    • Chapter II "Responding to a Diverse Student Body"
    • Chapter IX "Instructional Media and Technology"
  • How Children Fail Part II
• Discussion (25) [C]
  • Intro to learnign styles: look at the handout (10)
    • Circle the things that sound like you
    • Break up into groups of 5-6 and compare
    • Share your observations with the class
  • Think about a really good or bad class (5)
    • What made it good or bad?
    • Does this have to do with the way you learn?
  • Think about your own teaching
    • Are you biased?
    • How can you include more students?
• Homework:
  • EECS essays from What Good Teachers Say about Teaching (Essays from Berkeley)
    • Charles A. Desoer
    • Richard M. Karp
    • Randy H. Katz
    • Michael Lieberman
    • John K. Ousterhout
    • David A. Patterson