UNIV-460 Section 10  TUTORIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Spring 2012 link to Syllabus

Time & Place: Wednesdays 1:25-3:00 PM in 220 Brown Lab. Every Tutorial Methods  of Instruction class will include time to discuss problem situations and successes tutors have are experiencing. In order to gain practical experience, you will serve as a tutor-facilitator in one of the problem-based learning (PBL) or Peer-led team learning (PLTL) courses on campus, and meet on a regular basis with the instructor of that course for more specific content preparation.  The tentative schedule for the semester is as follows:
 

Date	Topic
Class 1 2/8	Getting Started:      Tutor-Facilitator Orientation Session (PowerPoint Presentation)        What is PBL?   What is PLTL?        Boyer Commission Report -         REINVENTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities
Class 2 2/15	Cognitive Development & Personality:         Perry Scheme (William G. Perry, Jr.), and         Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assignment:         Take the Jung Typology Test on-line questionnaire.
Class 3 2/22	Questioning Skills to Probe for Deeper Understanding        Bloom's Taxonomy (Benjamin Bloom)
Class 4 3/3	Questionning Skills Continued
Class 5 3/7	Common Group Situations and how to deal with them. Discuss PBL teaching cases for tutor-facilitators.
Class 6 3/14	Peer Reviewing Teaching Case Studies Tutor-Facilitator Case Studies Drafts due
Class 7 3/21	Fish bowl exercise-"Hot Headed Mole". Managing groups and analyzing group dynamics.
3/28	Spring Break
Class 8 4/4	Motivating Students to Learn      Motivation Applied to Teaching
Class 9 4/11	Dealing with Misconceptions       Biology Misconceptions       Chemistry Misconceptions       Chemistry Concept Tests       Physical Science Concepts in Biology
Class 10 4/18	Behaviors that Undermine Group Function: Trigger Tapes and Discussion of Problem Situations from "Groups in Action," PBL teaching cases for tutor-facilitators.
Class 11 4/25	Small Groups, Cooperative Learning, PBL, POGIL, and PLTL Introduction to Science Education Literature
Class 12 5/2	Mentoring other students
Class 11 5/9	Discussion of Tutor Facilitator Case Studies. Video Vignettes of PBL tutor-facilitator Challenges Course Evaluation (and Pizza)