SOCRATES STEPS UP TO THE PLATE

USDLA 2016

SIX COMMON PROBLEMS

1. Alignment

2. Compliance

3. Student Readiness

4. Student Awareness

5. Individualized Intervention

6. Instructional Design

Detailed Learning Outcomes

Integrated Questions

Multimedia Content

Tailored Content

1. ALIGNMENT

One course, 1355 students, 26 assignments, 65% passed

CORRELATION

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One course, 1355 students, 26 assignments, 65% passed

2. COMPLIANCE

AVERAGE NUMBER OF ZEROS

zeros among students who passed

zeros among students who failed.

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# OF STUDENTS WITH A GRADE OF ZERO FOR THE WEEK

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Webtext CompletionSpring 2014

median✦ 4% study

question completion

✦ 86 questions ✦ 4.8 hours

active time

PSC1113

*N=165 students

Each column represents one student.

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Webtext CompletionSpring 2014

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*N=153 students

Each column represents one student.

✦ 100% study question completion

✦ 479 questions ✦ 13.5 hours

active time

3. READINESS

Turn in your paper.

Complete a first draft.

Outline Your Argument

Conduct Your Research

Anticipate Objections

Add proper citations.

Revise with rubric.

Turn in your paper.

Complete a first draft.

Outline Your Argument

Conduct Your Research

Anticipate Objections

Add proper citations.

Revise with rubric.

Choose a topic.

And a debatable point.

Articulate a thesis.

4. AWARENESS

5. INTERVENTION

QUE101 - Introduction to Soomo

Ashley Adamson

Kristin Anderson

Roger Beatrix

David Brentshore

Talia Gonzalez

Romaine Jackson

Organizational Behavior Summer 2015

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE UNDERLYING THEME OF THESE THREE COMMERCIALS?

SHORT ANSWER REPORT

▸ This is what a man is/does/looks like and girls like that. If you buy these products girls will like you too.

▸ The theme of these commercials is to pursue us to purchase their products. Its being done by using a condescending tone about the competitors.

▸ I think the underlying theme is "be more manly" or somewhere along that line of thinking. Each commercial seems to be saying "use my product and you'll be a man.”

▸ A man can only be manly if they use these products.

▸ For Entertainment purposes. They are all about men too.

▸ N/A

6. INSTRUCTION

THEME

HUMAN

INTERPRETA

TION

ARGUMENT

CONTEXT

QUESTIONS

LITERARY

SOCIAL

CLOSE READING

AMBIGUITY

COMPARING PERFORMANCE ACROSS OBJECTIVES

SIX COMMON PROBLEMS

1. Alignment

2. Compliance

3. Student Readiness

4. Student Awareness

5. Individualized Intervention

6. Instructional Design

ONE COMMON SOLUTION: QUESTIONS

TOLD YA.

PRACTICAL TIPS

▸ 3 minutes per question, but a total number related to points

▸ Work the breadth of Bloom’s taxonomy

▸ Make it easy to see who’s falling behind

▸ Ask about the most important parts of the page

▸ Tag questions with learning outcomes

▸ Review question performance and answers to open ended questions

▸ When you try something new, tie questions to it to see if it works

QUESTIONS?