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Show page 18 lessons, fail 2001 Voices "What I find challenging as a teacher is working with students' writing, and through their writing, the development of critical thinking skills. Critical thinking in part requires one to think about one's own thinking, alongside of analyzing and extending one' s thinking around the complex problems that students are facing in all disciplinarian problems." Professor Pamela Hardin, Nursing " TAs give teachers more time to know what students want." Jake Packard, English "I am much more willing to participate when I know the professor puts in the effort.. .1 find it hard to justify extra effort when I do not feel that it is appreciated or reciprocated." Lori Miner, Business "I don't think for the price of college you should be in a class with 200 people. We pay to get a good education and there is no way the professor is sure he's reaching 200 students." Jennifer Froh, Mass Communication " Participating in class is like asking to publicly challenge your peers and professors. It can be intimidating. On the flip side, you can get irritated with students that take too much class time 'participating.'" Melanie Smith, Organizational Communication "1 attended class regularly because I was only hurting myself by not going." Katie Thorne, Telecommunication and Marketing "I attended class because I don't want to miss any unannounced quizzes - the temptation to skip is that no one notices or cares if I'm not there." Dan Clayton, Spanish and Public Relations "It is up to me to learn the material regardless of whether I am learning it with 150 people or just 20 people." Sabrina Savage, Mass Communication 11 The large size of the class allows me an opportunity to give the important sociological perspective to larger numbers of students. I can reach more students that way with information that has the potential to improve the quality of their lives." Professor Dale Lund, Gerontology " TAs are very helpful for large classes. It's good for students to have two people to relate to - they're twice as likely to find a style they like." Renzo Cavalieri, Math Department TA 11 Large-format classes lack the one-on-one interaction that is necessary for effective learning. It is hard to get the professor's help when he/she is dealing with 200+ students." Meghann Kofecky, Mass Communication "In large-format classes it is possible to be invisible if you don't like to be vocal or participate." Kalina Duncan, Women's Studies and Communication |