Introduction

• Program Overview
  The Honors Seminar
  
  Choosing A Topic
  
  Planning The Seminar
  • Seminar Overview
  • Teaching Portfolio
  • Convocation Format
  • Mechanics Checklist and Timeline
  • Sample Syllabus
  • Choosing a Topic
  • Sample 1st Day Lesson Plan
  • Ideas for the First Day

Team Work

Setting Up


• Teams in the Classroom - Getting Started
• Ideas for the First Class Meeting
• Icebreaker Questions
• Team Building Activity - Sub-Arctic Survival
• Team Building Activity - They Will Never Take Us Alive
• Icebreaker - Human Bingo
• First Day Student Survey
• Team Meetings Scheduling Form
• Stages of Team Growth
• Sample First Day Lesson Plan
• Group Work and Collaborative Writing Handbook
• Why Teams?
• Working in Teams

Conducting Meetings


• Tips for Conducting a Meeting
• Guidelines for Group Meetings
• Procedure for Reaching Consensus
• Procedure for Team Decision Making
• Method for Facilitating a Meeting
• Tips for Facilitators

Difficulty


• Managing Team Conflict
• Dealing With Difficult Members
• Peer Evaluation Introductory Activity

Learning Theories and Strategies

Theory

• What is Reflective Judgement?
• How Do We Know?
• What is Critical Thinking?
• Critical Thinking Key Concepts Chart
• Critical Thinking Questions
• Bloom's Taxonomy

Strategy

• What are Learning Styles?
• How to Teach Research Skills
• What Do We Know About Students' Learning and How Do We Know It?

Assignment & Assessment

Assignment


• Tips for Communicating with Your Students
• Email Assignment Guidelines
• How to Create Visual Aids
• Research Report Checklist
• Report Outline
• Tips for Creating Web Sites
• Sample Research Report Assignment
• Teaching Research Skills

Assessment


• Seminar Assessment
• Suggested Components for a Grading Scheme
• List of Evaluation Forms and Rubrics
• Peer Evaluation - Introductory Activity

Site Map

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Web Resources

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