MAILING LISTS

One other thought (should have included earlier) -- you might ask your
students if they'd rather be driving (i) with other drivers who only
attended lectures on driving or (ii) those who actually practiced driving
under a watchful eye and careful feedback.

     - Bill




Duane said:

>    I just received end of semester student evaluations for fall 2010
>    semester.  Some students did not "buy into" the TBL theory of teaching.
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>    I did my best to explain the justification for using TBL during the first
>    week of class.
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>    More specifically, I used
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>    1.)    the process described in the attached document
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>    First-Day Questions for the Learner-Centered Classroom
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>    by Gary A. Smith  (National Teaching and Learning Forum, Sept. 2008)
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>    2.)    the  video from U. of Texas
>    ([1]http://magenta.cit.utexas.edu/largeclasses/#tbl)   .
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>    Still, some students think they should be lectured to every class and,
>    also, think they are being short- changed by a professor that uses TBL.
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>    I have interacted with Larry Michaelsen over the years and have watched
>    the videos at
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>                 [2]http://tblc.camp9.org/TBLVideos
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>    Please advise me of things besides the above that will make students
>    better "buy into" the TBL process.
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>    Thanks in advance.
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>    Duane Stock
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>    Professor of Finance
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>    University of Oklahoma
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>    Price College of Business
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>    University of Oklahoma
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-- 
Bill Goffe
Department of Economics
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