UNIV-460 Section 10  TUTORIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2014 link to Syllabus

Time & Place: Mondays 7 - 9 PM in 110 ISE 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
Special POGIL Workshop 8/25	Dr. Rick Moog, from Franklin and Marshall College and one of the national leaders in the development and dissemination of Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) will give a special workshop for Workshop leaders from 9-12 AM in 206 Brown Laboratory.
Class 1 9/8	The POGIL Approach and the Learning Cycle What is PBL?   What is PLTL? POGIL Instructor's Guide         Drs. Jackie Fajardo and Kimberly Graves- guest instructors
Class 2 9/15	Getting Started:      Tutor-Facilitator Orientation Session (PowerPoint Presentation)         Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Assignment:         Take the Jung Typology Test on-line questionnaire.         Boyer Commission Report -         REINVENTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities
Class 3 9/22	Cognitive Development & Personality:         Perry Scheme (William G. Perry, Jr.),           Groups in Action - Video Vignettes of Peer facilitator situations
Class 4 9/29	Questioning Skills to Probe for Deeper Understanding        Bloom's Taxonomy (Benjamin Bloom)
Class 5 10/6	Student Group Presentations on Questioning Skills      Developing Questioning Skills by Karon Lewis      Some Techniques for Developing Questiioning Skills - U Texas      Good Science begins with good questions - J. Coll. Sci. Teaching 30(3) 192 (2000)      Some Thoughts on Questioning      In-depth look at Bloom's Taxonomy - U Texas
Class 6 10/13	Common Group Situations and how to deal with them. Discuss PBL teaching cases for tutor-facilitators.
Class 7 10/20	Peer Reviewing Teaching Case Studies Tutor-Facilitator Case Studies Drafts due
Class 8 10/27	Motivating Students to Learn      Motivation Applied to Teaching
Class 9 11/3	Dealing with Misconceptions       Biology Misconceptions       Chemistry Misconceptions       Chemistry Concept Tests       Physical Science Concepts in Biology
Class 10 11/10	Small Groups, Cooperative Learning, PBL, POGIL, and PLTL Introduction to Science Education Literature:  Pick an issue or two of the Journal of Chemical Education and find an article that is relevant to your teaching or learning and read it.
Class 11 11/17	Mentoring other students Entering Mentoring
11/24	No Class:  Thanksgiving week
Class 12 12/1	Discussion of Tutor Facilitator Case Studies. Video Vignettes of PBL tutor-facilitator Challenges Course Evaluation (and Pizza)