Summer Reading 2014
Summer Reading 2014
2014 Summer "Book" Club - Archieved
The 2014 Summer "Book" Club selected readings:
- The assigned monthly Teaching Professor Archive Selections (pre-assigned issues for each week will be set) and/OR
- For instructions to access the Teaching Professor, click here. (internal site - if unable to access, please email for information)
- Can supplement the discussion with the primary literature articles related to the Teaching Professor selection.
Each week the Group Leader will have the select a primary and secondary articles from:
2014 Summer Book Club Report
2014 Summer Schedule:
Date
Group Leader
Article
May 9, 2014
Steve Lampa
Lunch Organizational Meeting in
Bustad 145 at 12:00 pm to 1:00
pm
May 20th & 22nd
DAY & EVENING: Steve Lampa
May
2014 issue:
Primary Article: "Cumulative Tests and Finals" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Ah-ha Moments—When Cooperative Learning in the Classroom Works" by Sophie Lampard Dennis
Primary Article: "Cumulative Tests and Finals" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Ah-ha Moments—When Cooperative Learning in the Classroom Works" by Sophie Lampard Dennis
May 27th
EVENING: John Nilson
Jan/Feb 2014
issues:
Primary Article: "Putting PowerPoint in Its Place " by Rebecca M. Giles, Leah H. Kinniburgh
Secondary Article "What Fitness Bands Can Teach Us about Classroom Assessment" by Karen S. Buchanan Dennis
Primary Article: "Putting PowerPoint in Its Place " by Rebecca M. Giles, Leah H. Kinniburgh
Secondary Article "What Fitness Bands Can Teach Us about Classroom Assessment" by Karen S. Buchanan Dennis
May 29th
DAY: Beck Dueben
Jan/Feb 2014
issues:
Primary Article: "Cooperative Learning Structures and Deep Learning " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Getting Students to Do the Reading" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Cooperative Learning Structures and Deep Learning " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Getting Students to Do the Reading" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
June 3rd
EVENING: Allison James
December 2013
issue:
Primary Article: "Teacher Questions: An Alternative? " by Larry Spence
Secondary Article "Why Students Should Be Taking Notes" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Teacher Questions: An Alternative? " by Larry Spence
Secondary Article "Why Students Should Be Taking Notes" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
June 5th
DAY: Bert Tanner
November 2013
issue:
Primary Article: "Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students " by Christine O'Keefe
Secondary Article "Whose Classroom Is It Anyway?" by Candice Dowd Barnes, Ph.D. , Patricia Kohler-Evans, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students " by Christine O'Keefe
Secondary Article "Whose Classroom Is It Anyway?" by Candice Dowd Barnes, Ph.D. , Patricia Kohler-Evans, Ph.D.
June 17th
EVENING: Tandi Ngwenyamn
May/June 2013
issues:
Primary Article: "Texting: Extent, Attitudes, Other Interesting Information " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Does Use of Course Materials Placed Online Improve Performance?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Texting: Extent, Attitudes, Other Interesting Information " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Does Use of Course Materials Placed Online Improve Performance?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
June 19th
DAY: Kay Brothers
May/June 2013
issues:
Primary Article: "Don’t Assume Difficult Question Automatically Lead to Higher-Order Thinking " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Observations about Questioning" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Don’t Assume Difficult Question Automatically Lead to Higher-Order Thinking " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Observations about Questioning" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
June 24th
EVENING: Jason Watts
April 2013
issue:
Primary Article: "Less Teaching and More Learning?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Assessing Team Members" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Less Teaching and More Learning?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Assessing Team Members" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
June 26th
DAY: Levi O'Loughlin
March 2013
issue:
Primary Article: "Can You Write Your Way to Better Teaching?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "The Art of Asking Question" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Can You Write Your Way to Better Teaching?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "The Art of Asking Question" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
July 8th
EVENING: Jennifer Watts
Feb 2013 issue:
Primary Article: "The Writing Process" by Paul T. Corrigan
Secondary Article "A New Way to Assess Student Learning" by Deborah Bracker
Primary Article: "The Writing Process" by Paul T. Corrigan
Secondary Article "A New Way to Assess Student Learning" by Deborah Bracker
July 10th
DAY: Briana Morrison
Jan/Feb 2013 issues:
Primary Article: "Does It Matter How Students Feel about a Course?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Test-Item Order: Does It Matter?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Does It Matter How Students Feel about a Course?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Test-Item Order: Does It Matter?" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
July 15th
EVENING: Leticia Fanucchi
Nov/Dec 2012
issues:
Primary Article: "Teaching Metacognition Implicitly" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "A Quiz Design that Motivates Students" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Teaching Metacognition Implicitly" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "A Quiz Design that Motivates Students" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
July 17th
DAY: Pamela Lee
Nov/Dec 2012
issues:
Primary Article: "When More than One Teacher Teaches the Course" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Quick Feedback, Engaged Students" by Kevin Brown
Primary Article: "When More than One Teacher Teaches the Course" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Quick Feedback, Engaged Students" by Kevin Brown
July 22nd
EVENING: Sam Gizerian
August/October
2012 issues:
Primary Article: "Multitasking and Learning " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Secondary Article "Students and Reading: An Impressive Analysis" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Multitasking and Learning " by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
- Optional Reading: "The
Pen Is Mightier Than the
Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand
Over Laptop Note Taking”
from the April 23, 2014 issue of
Psychological Science.
Secondary Article "Students and Reading: An Impressive Analysis" by Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D.
- Optional Reading: "Is
Rereading the Material a Good
Study Strategy?” from the
Teaching Professor blog, May
2014.
July 24th
DAY: Jane Wardrop
August/October 2012 issues:
Primary Article: "Avoiding information overload: Remembering Course Goals" by John A. Dern
Secondary Article "Energize your classroom with humor" by Alicja Rieger, Ph.D.
Primary Article: "Avoiding information overload: Remembering Course Goals" by John A. Dern
Secondary Article "Energize your classroom with humor" by Alicja Rieger, Ph.D.
For details on previous years:
2013 Summer Book Club Survey Report
To see the 2012 Journal club activity, please visit this site (Internal website).