Course and Lecture Organization General Guidelines 1 BA

Course and Lecture Organization General Guidelines 1

BA 9200 Course Overview Teaching Philosophy Students Abilities Course Level and Scope Desired Learning Levels Write Course and Topic Objectives How Students Learn Select Effective Teaching Methods The Lecture Testing and Grading Active Learning 2

Organization Strategies n n n Hierarchical Chronological or Process Critical Path Why organize? It addresses Feldman’s top rated factor for student achievement. 3

Hierarchical Course Diagram for MBA 8011 at Lecture 1 4

Hierarchical Course Diagram for MBA 8011 at Lecture 6 Basic Principle: Start at the top, and add Levels as needed. 5

Hierarchical Lecture Diagram for Lecture 5 of MBA 8011 6

Chronological or Process Course Outline for SQA 1. Select Quality Characteristic to Monitor 2. Ensure Process Under Statistical Control 3. Establish Process Capability 4. Continually Monitor Process: Control Charting 5. Improve Process by Design of Experiment 7

Principles of Chronological or Process Organization n n Identify a Chronological Theme within Chapter. It could be a: n Process (Used for Previous Slide) n Cause and Effect: Antecedent, Intervening, and Outcome Variables Use When Sequence is Important. 8

Chronological or Process Lecture Outline for Hypothesis Testing Set up Null and Alternate Choose an Alpha Level Compute Test Statistic Compare to Critical Value, Conclude 9

Critical Path Organized Lecture Statistical Independence Conditional Prob. Unconditional Probability Rules Previous Lecture on Relative Frequency 10

Principles of Critical-Path Organization n n Start with Most Important Goal (s). Place at top of diagram. Ask What Topics, at a minimum, must be known to reach the goal. n Seek the Critical Path. Work Backwards Until Reach Previous Lecture Material or Already-Known Knowledge Base. Present Lecture Bottom-Up. 11

Summary for Designing Organized Courses and Lectures Course Diagram Cognitive Objectives Lecture Diagram Lecture Strategy 12

Three Critical Principles for Presenting Content Effectively (Mc. Keatchie) 1 Go From Familiar to the Unfamiliar. n 2 Go From Simple to the Complex. n n 3 Two to three to four dimensions (Flatland) Range to Standard Deviation Judgmental segmentation to Cluster Analysis Go From Concrete to the Abstract. n n Montessori School Philosophy – Binomial Squares Example to Theory (Regression formula) 13

Other Tips for Presenting Content Effectively n n n Establish Why Before What - Relevance. Emphasize Organization and Interconnectedness (How Ideas Flow). Increase Student Talk Time - Active Learning. Look at Students’ Eyes; Do They Understand? Use of different technologies. Use of humor (where appropriate!). 14

References n n Lowman, J. Mastering the Techniques of Teaching. 2 nd Edition. (Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1995). Feldman, K. “The Association Between Student Ratings of Specific Instructional Dimensions and Student Achievement, ” Research in Higher Education, 30(6) 1989. pp. 583 -645. 15

BA 9200 Course Overview Teaching Philosophy Students Abilities Course Level and Scope Desired Learning Levels Write Course and Topic Objectives How Students Learn Select Effective Teaching Methods The Lecture Testing and Grading Active Learning 16