Comments on: A sign you *might* be teaching a gen-ed class http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/ "A man needn't go far to find a subject, if he's ready with his salt-box."--Uncle Pumblechook Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:35:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Dance http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/#comment-4477 Dance Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:11:03 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/#comment-4477 I'm considering a theory about contextual knowledge? They don't forget our names to our faces (I hope), it's just that they think "actually-in-class" is the only necessary context to remember them. A very extreme version of the way we forget (many) student names a week after grades are turned in, and take longer to come up with them when we see them outside of class. PS. I just read backwards for a *whole* bunch of posts. I’m considering a theory about contextual knowledge? They don’t forget our names to our faces (I hope), it’s just that they think “actually-in-class” is the only necessary context to remember them. A very extreme version of the way we forget (many) student names a week after grades are turned in, and take longer to come up with them when we see them outside of class.

PS. I just read backwards for a *whole* bunch of posts.

]]> By: jbj http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/#comment-4476 jbj Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:27:21 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/#comment-4476 Wow . . . that's not pretty. It hadn't even occurred to me to check the upper-division students. (Although, in that situation, fully 50% of the class has had a class with either me or my wife before, so at least *some* of them have the brand-identification down!) Wow . . . that’s not pretty. It hadn’t even occurred to me to check the upper-division students. (Although, in that situation, fully 50% of the class has had a class with either me or my wife before, so at least *some* of them have the brand-identification down!)

]]> By: Dance http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/#comment-4475 Dance Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:21:43 +0000 http://www.jbj.wordherders.net/2007/11/14/a-sign-you-might-be-teaching-a-gen-ed-class/#comment-4475 uh, I don't know. I've <a href="http://pronetolaughter.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/why-is-this-so-hard/" rel="nofollow">seen this happen</a> in non gen-ed courses--a 300/400 level course, among majors in the subject? Who were excited about the material? uh, I don’t know. I’ve seen this happen in non gen-ed courses–a 300/400 level course, among majors in the subject? Who were excited about the material?

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