How to make a lecture more engaging...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdtLELVhEQg

Here are some tips

If you are a lecturer, here is a check list

Eric Mazur's technique is shown below

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Eric Mazur shows interactive teaching

• by Harvard Magazine
• 1 year ago
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Harvard Physics Professor Eric Mazur demonstrates "Peer Instruction" and "Just-In-Time" teaching techniques. Read more about ...

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Flipped Learning #53: Peer Instruction with Eric Mazur

• by CockrumVideos
• 6 months ago

Flipped Learning #52: Peer Instruction with Eric Mazur.

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Erik Mazur: Confessions of a Converted Lecturer - edited introduction.mov

• by London Jenks
• 3 years ago
• 14,019 views

Erik Mazur's personal introduction to how he came to develop Peer Instruction, a teaching method that enhances interactive ...

Let the students play roles
Role-play can help students
clarify a situation.

Students present a topic using physical items

how are these captured chickhens related to typical students?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdtLELVhEQg




How to make MATH CLASS interesting...

Friday, November 16, 2012

10 Ways To Make Your Math Class More Fun

1) Mini Lessons:
Divide the total number of minutes you are in class by 5; this is how many lessons you should aim for. Thus, a 60 minute class should have approximately 12 lessons. with you in the middle. Show them how ½ a circle is different from 1/3, ¼, or 1/5 by standing in the middle and extending two tape measures


2) Get Them Out Of Their Seat:Sitting for an hour straight is hard 

3) Art:
Using art is a great way to illustrate word-problems. 

4) Legos: 
Using just a few Lego pieces will allow you to teach almost any concept. 

5) Posters:
Got some boring definitions you need your students to learn? Have them create a poster. 

6) Group Work:
Group work can be a great learning tool. 

7) Less Problems & More Mastery:
Two awesomely thought-out problems are worth more than an entire worksheet of drill. 


8) Homework Should Be Short and Sweet:
I hate the idea of homework. I hate the idea of taking time away from family and friends to do busy work.

9) Use Math Stories, Math Trivia or Riddles

You can get the full article here

There's more learning when students keep in touch with or continue to track a teacher

I took some courses at Nova University in 1985-87 with a professor who has continued to work there. Here's his website.

I don't see any advertising on his site, so about the only benefit he can receive from our hits are the many questions that we can send him.   Why not write him with some comments?  alford@nova.edu.

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http://polaris.nova.edu/~alford/index.html

Buy this book

ONE OF THE DELIGHTS and main reasons for going to university is to become exposed to excellent thinkers:  People who get paid for thinking clearly and for asking you to examine your thought processes.   Even as I write these words, I'm thinking, "What would Dr. Alford do to this sentence?"   Dr. A. helped me see how muddled most of my writing is (and continues to be)... but at least I'm aware of the problem....   I even edit some of the unneeded words after typeing them...  I might not do the full Alford treatment (which involves writing, editing, then letting the manuscript sit, then read again and edit more), but at least I know what I should be doing.  That's what I got from a two-year exposure to Dr. Alford's insightful process of teaching.

http://polaris.nova.edu/~alford/lectures/lectures.html

Look at some book reviews

http://ijms.nova.edu/

Now I have the pleasure of reading some of his lectures and I want to share the links with you.  Please take time to visit.  Click and have your mind expanded.   There is such pain in keeping two thoughts in the mind at the same time, especially when the two thoughts are fighting with each other.

At least click on his Journal of Motorcycles....

How about this lecture?