Chemistry Solutions is an easy-to-use and easy-to-implement online resource for and by K-12 teachers of h2 chemistry. The Chief Reader for the 2017 AP Chemistry exam provides a brief walkthrough of the highlights of their Chief Reader Report In this presentation, Paul Bonvallet of the College of Wooster gives bite-sized overviews of each free-response question—how students performed, teaching tips for areas where students struggled, and a deeper understanding of the questions and results.
Examples include writing instructional objectives (clarity of vision, strategic planning); student-centered instruction (customer focus, empowerment, driving out fear), collaborative or cooperative learning (adopting a new philosophy, teamwork), assessment (measurement, benchmarks, continuous improvement), and training and mentoring new faculty members (human resource development, employee training).
I prompted them to reflect on their thinking and learning, while at the same time I shared my own journey as a learner. When I took an introductory chemistry course with a group of beginning students, the instructor used an approach in the lab that drove us nuts.
I clearly framed a painful situation many teachers face in terms of desperately trying to get the attention of their class. By the time they become parents of high school students, much of their experience will be obsolete. The worst, most boring classes I have taken were those where the teacher just droned on and on “telling” us what we need to know (lecturing) – sometimes obviously just reading from their own prepared lectures.
Similar to scenario changes, another learning approach to flexible thinking is re-teaching course material in a way that lay persons can understand. I’ve found children learn when it’s fun and they want to be there so I became a bit of an entertainer in the classroom – it’s no good having the subject knowledge if you can’t explain it. For me teaching is all about relationships.
National trends in assessing student learning. These skills are integral to every aspect of a student’s education and life, from school to career. Of course, students can submit the complete timeline at the end of the assignment. However, flip class learning is different.
Keeping a lab notebook, which is graded, teaches the student to keep a record while doing an experiment, but it may not develop good writing and presentation skills. Also, most college students don’t realize that most professors are not, in fact, taught to teach.