The Wolfpack Model
- The Essentials
- Intended Audience (Beginners, 220, MWF)
- Other options
- Departmental Resources (Professor, TA's)
- Location (Roomy, Full Technology, Mic's)
- In-class (Perform, negotiate meaning, test, microteach)
- Out-of-class (Prepare, software, tutorials)
- Testing (Quizzes, hourly tests, oral testing, comprehensive final)
- (White Paper)
- Sociocultural LearningTheory
- - Lev Vigotsky
- - ZPD
- - Scaffolding and experts (how many and who)
- - False beginners
- Affective Filter
- Costs to the department
- Costs to the TA's
- Costs to the university
- TA ownership
- - Divide and conquer
- - Daily Activity / Seating Char
- Curriculum Safeguards (Eagan/Jaeger paper)
- The Rassias Method
- TA Training
- First semester
- Second semester
- Third and fourth semesters
- Weekly training/review meetings
- Micro teaching
- Exam preparation and grading
- Honor code enforcement and confrontations
- Technician Articles
- Model Questions
1.How will student attrition be affected?2.Will students prefer the large or small model?3.How will honor code enforcement occur?4.How will student engagement be maintained?5.How will professor burnout be prevented?6.What will be the actual cost savings?7.Will student achievement be maintained?
Acknowledgements
• Wolf images from www.photobucket.com
• Classroom images from www.ncsu.edu/classtech/