Welcome to CS 301!Teaching Techniques for Computer Science
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Friday 3:30-4:50 | Instructors: |
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Welcome to CS301! We hope that this course will be a community that supports you in improving your teaching. To effectively build this community, attendance from the members of the class is very important. You may not miss more than 2 classes. Class attendance is monitored through the weekly journals. Please email Colleen if you need to be excused from a class because of a conference.
You can check your grade and records of you attendance and homework submissions on BSpace.
Week | Date | Topic | Homework due | Reading due |
Week 0.5 | Date TBD | Optional Meeting | A copy of your plan for the first day |   |
Week 1 | January 22 | Your First Section | none | Optional: TT:  I [3] The first day of class |
Week 2 | January 29 | Strategies for discussion sections & enhancing students' learning and motivation | Journal, Online Ethics Course | TT:  III [9-13] Discussion Strategies,
TT:  VI [29-33] Enhancing Students' Learning and Motivation |
Week 3 | February 5 | Strategy | Journal, Homework 1 Evaluate your teaching |
Holt  1 |
Week 4 | February 12 | Collaborative and experiential strategies & teaching outside the classroom (office hours) | Journal, Homework 2 Plan a group activity |
TT:  V [20-25] Alternatives to lecture,
TT:  XI [55-57] Outside the classroom, The Tao of TALC |
Week 5 | February 19 | Fear and failure | Journal, Homework 3 Observe another TA |
Holt  2 |
Week 6 | February 26 | Diversity & evaluation to improve teaching | Journal | TT:  II [4-8] Classroom climate and students with special needs,
TT:  X [52-53] Evaluation to improve teaching, Defensive Climates |
Week 7 | March 5 | Real learning | Journal | Holt  3 |
Week 8 | March 12 | No Class | ||
Week 9 | March 19 | Testing, grading & instructional media and technology | Journal, Homework 4 Get feedback from your students |
TT:  VIII [38-44] Testing and Grading,
TT:  IX [45-51] Presentation Technologies |
Week 10 | March 26 | Spring Break - No Class | ||
Week 11 | April 2 | How schools fail | Journal, Homework 5 Video tape your section |
Holt  4, 5 |
Week 12 | April 9 | Finishing up | Journal | TT:  VII [24-27] Strengthening students' writing and problem-solving,
TT:  XII [59-61] Finishing up |
Week 13 | April 16 | Optional meeting |   |   |
Week 15 | April 23 | Optional meeting |   |   |
Week 16 | April 30 | Optional meeting |   |   |