Tips for Teaching for Student Involvement
Tip Sheet No. 5
"Teaching for Student Involvement"
Lou Turley, Marketing
November 14, 1994
1. Treat your entrance to class as an entrance to a theatre stage.
2. Instructors need to generate enthusiasm in order to simulate student participation
- but the enthusiasm must be sincere and a reflection of one's true self.
3. Show interest in students by learning their names early in the semester and having
them learn their fellow students' names. Suggestions for doing so included taking
photos (by groups of about 7) then copying the photo for students to learn and be
quizzed over. Also asking students when they introduce themselves to tell about some
vivid experience can help students and you remember each other.
4. Group work in the college classroom is justified by the importance of group problem-solving
in employment settings.
5. Have students seat themselves by their position on an issue: Pro on one side and
Con on the other. As the class debates the issue, students influenced by an argument
can move toward that direction (with Undecided in the middle). The speaker gets feed-back
on the effectiveness of his/her argument.
6. Assign part of the class grade to class participation, not just attendance. Tips
generated by workshop attendees.
For more information about this workshop, contact any of the following individuals
who attended it or the CTL staff: Wieb Van Der Meer, Sheryl Venabble, Kay W. Terry,
Sally Kuhlenschmidt, Marg Deller, Mary Wolinski, Pat Moore, Ralph Gola, or Carol Barsky.
The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching
facet@wku.edu -- Phone (270) 745-6508 -- Fax (270) 745-6145.
Location: 1783 Chestnut Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101.
Mailing Address: 1906 College Heights Blvd #11095, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1095.
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