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ERIC Number: EJ967653
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 41
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1548-9566
Students Giving Students Advice before the First Day
DeLine, Amy D.; Finck, Joseph E.
College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, v4 n5 p29-40 2008
Research on the first day of class by Knefelkamp (Rubin, 1985) showed there was a real desire on the part of both students and teachers for connectedness, but neither group realized the other shared that desire. This paper presents a way to address, before the first day of class, the desire of students to learn about a class and instructor, and the need of faculty to let the students know what the expectations are for his or her class. The authors show how students, who have taken one or two semesters of a class from a professor, can give advice to the following class. This student-to-student guidance can be easily distributed using classroom management programs, such as BlackBoard.com[TM]. This new practice will be compared to institutionally administered teacher evaluations and popular student websites, such as RateMyProfessors.com[TM]. (Contains 5 tables.)
Clute Institute. 6901 South Pierce Street Suite 239, Littleton, CO 80128. Tel: 303-904-4750; Fax: 303-978-0413; e-mail: Staff@CluteInstitute.com; Web site: http://www.cluteinstitute.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
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