Group work Science Syllabus 
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 30, 2024
Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In the final 20 minutes of class, I tend to shift focus to the syllabus. Since I reimagined “syllabus day” to “preview day,” I have seen some positive outcomes.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 30, 2024
Reimagining the traditional “syllabus day” to an engaged “preview day” provides an opportunity to set a desired tone for the semester. In the final 20 minutes of class, I tend to shift focus to the syllabus. Since I reimagined “syllabus day” to “preview day,” I have seen some positive outcomes.
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Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
During the spring 2024 semester, we redesigned our courses to pilot a cross-course group project involving a social sciences course (SSC) titled, “Social Justice Movements in the U.S.”, The updated syllabus will front-load teaching and learning about the social justice movements that may be selected for the collaboration.
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
During the spring 2024 semester, we redesigned our courses to pilot a cross-course group project involving a social sciences course (SSC) titled, “Social Justice Movements in the U.S.”, The updated syllabus will front-load teaching and learning about the social justice movements that may be selected for the collaboration.
Faculty Focus
JANUARY 21, 2025
Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Proceedings of the national academy of sciences , 111 (23), 84108415.
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:
Faculty Focus
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Group Trivia: I end our first-class session with some trivia questions for students to answer in small groups of 4-to-5 students. Regular Group Work: I emphasis a lot of group work throughout the semester, both graded and ungraded. Here are a few outcomes: Group Final?!?:
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