HOW WE CAN HELP

For many of us it is For many of us it is difficult to break it to the difficult to break it to the class that they must write class that they must write 4000 words4000 words

Get rid of the

Gordon rule

How Many Words

?

Why do we have to do

this Professor?

Don’t you love it when Don’t you love it when they all give you their they all give you their papers late???papers late???

What do you feel like What do you feel like doing next???doing next???

I CAN HELP

QUESTIONS I WILL ANSWER Who was Gordon? How can I score essays quickly and

effectively? What innovative strategies can I use? Is the rule statistically effective? Questions???

WHO IS GORDON

Senator Jack Gordon

He served as a Florida State Senator from 1972 until 1992

Prior to his election to the Senate in 1972, Gordon was a Miami-Dade County School Board member from 1961 to 1969.

During his tenure, he was instrumental in initiating the desegregation of Miami-Dade County schools.

He was known for his advocacy for issues affecting education, health care, civil rights and other social issues facing the state.

HOW CAN I SCORE ESSAYS HOW CAN I SCORE ESSAYS QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY?QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY?

The RubricThe RubricWhat is it?What is it?

Refer to you packetsRefer to you packets

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT INTERESTING?

Innovative strategies for the Gordon Rule

One page summaries of text book chapter

Outlines

Revisions

Outlines Papers

Article Summaries

Bick, M. (1998). Teaching Improvisation Outside of Jazz Settings. Music Educators Journal, 84(4), ?

This particular article dealt with the way that teachers introduce improvisation to their students. The most typical way for teachers to do this is through jazz. The author of this article, Micheal Bitz, believes that jazz is too complex an art form for students to learn on, and gave suggestions of more appropriate ways to teach improvisation. He suggested the use of more popular forms of music such as rock, rap, blues, and ska. He explained the lack of complexity these genres had, and how they could be used to help the students learn. The article also talked about how the students should be allowed to improvise in groups, especially at the beginning of instruction so that they don't have to begin improvising in front of large groups. Mr. Bitz explained that through this process, teachers would eventually have much better improvisers in their jazz bands and much better students in all aspects of their music program. This article was very convincing. BT

SQ3R

Survey Question Read Recite Review

SQ3R was invented during World War II (1941) by Francis Robinson, a psychologist, to help military personnel handle accelerated university courses.

Benefits of SQ3R: Students will learn to pick out the

important ideas quickly because they have idea of what they need to know BEFORE reading!! 

Students will understand difficult material better. 

Students will be able to remember more of the material longer. 

Students can review quickly and easily without going back to re-read the text. 

Students will read faster without wasting time.

Power point fill-ins

Memorized Delivery: Reciting Memorized Delivery: Reciting the Text from Memory. the Text from Memory.

The memorized mode of The memorized mode of delivery_____________________________delivery_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cooperative group assignments Make test questions Group paper (Intro., Body, Conclusion)

STATISTICS AND THE EFFECTS STATISTICS AND THE EFFECTS OF THE RULEOF THE RULE

Article 1Article 1Journal-New Directions for Community

Colleges v16 n4 winter 1988External Influences on the Curriculum.

New Directions for Community CollegesAuthor-Wolf and Zoglin

Gordon’s beliefGordon’s beliefGordon didn’t believe that common

examinations were a good means of determining a students readiness for the junior year.

Gordon RuleGordon RuleHe went to the state board of education, which

consists of the governor and six other officials who are elected statewide, and petitioned the board to adopt a rule that would require every student in the first two years of college to take twelve hours of course work in English and or the humanities, provided that each of the four three hour classes require written work of six thousand words, and take six hours of college math.

His work before the ruleHis work before the ruleGordon found that it was possible for a

student to travel the academic curriculum in some institutions without writing an essay

Article 2Article 2An Assessment of the General Education

Curriculum in State Universities and Community Colleges.

Report and Recommendations of the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission 1989 Report 4

The Florida State Postsecondary The Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning CommissionEducation Planning CommissionIt was directed to assess the general

education curriculum in the states public community colleges and state universities with particular regard to state board rule 6A 10.030 (Gordon Rule)

Who was surveyed Who was surveyed 100 students from two state universities 150 from three community colleges

Question 1Question 1Have you completed a Gordon Have you completed a Gordon Rule assignment?Rule assignment? 68.8 % of 250

students yes The students that

answered yes completed the entire survey

69%

21%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

yesno

Question 2Question 2IsIs the faculties opinion on the Gordon Rule the faculties opinion on the Gordon Rule requirement positive or negative?requirement positive or negative?

54%

46%

42%44%46%48%50%52%54%56%

positive negative

positivenegative

Question 2-BQuestion 2-BStudents perception of faculty opinions Students perception of faculty opinions regarding the Gordon Ruleregarding the Gordon Rule

30%

70%65%

35%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

univeristycommunity college

univeristy 30% 70%communitycollege

65% 35%

positive negative

Question 3&4Question 3&4Did you enroll in courses to meet Did you enroll in courses to meet the Gordon Rule requirements that the Gordon Rule requirements that they would not otherwise have they would not otherwise have taken?taken?

51.00%

33.00%

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

courses you wouldnot normaly take

math courses youwould not normalytake

Question 5Question 5Have courses imposed by the Have courses imposed by the Gordon Rule affected your grade Gordon Rule affected your grade point average?point average?

not affected, 45%

improved, 20%

hindered grade, 35% not affected

improvedhindered grade

Question 6Question 6Does it interfere with your regular Does it interfere with your regular school work?school work?

65%

35%30%

70%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

universities Community Colleges

universities 65% 35%CommunityColleges

30% 70%

yes no

Question 7Question 7Has the Gordon Rule improved Has the Gordon Rule improved your writing skills?your writing skills?

44%

56%

69%

31%

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%

help not help

universities

communitycolleges

Gordon Rule community colleges Gordon Rule community colleges vs. state universitiesvs. state universitiesCommunity college students felt it was not

a major problem and viewed instructors as having a positive outlook on the rule

state university students who believed that it did not help their writing ability, nor did their instructors have a positive outlook on the requirement

What we discussedWhat we discussedWho was Gordon?How can I score essays quickly and

effectively?What innovative strategies can I use?Is the rule statistically effective?Questions???