Lecturing to support students in the classroom

By Anne Olsen

Supporting student learning in the classroom

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Integrated teaching & student support

Pointers on how to integrate student support into a lecture

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Learning can be fun

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Let students discover the answers themselves

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Allow time for students to reflect on the content Image from: http://www.stockvault.net/photo/124785/boat-in-the-morning

Create an opportunity for students to read, reflect and write

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Include basic skills such as note taking and referencing in activities

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Use quizzes to test students and see if activities were effective

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Students should take something (tangible) home after a lecture

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An example of a lecture that features integrated student

support

With comments and photographs

TO FOLLOW:

Chapter 5: Paraphrasing & Summarising

Hyperlink to Google books,

A bit of technology tooHyperlink to Google books

Arranged for another laptop in the classroom.Students who did not have books could also participate.

Students also discovered an alternative resource.

O1: Avoid plagiarismO2: Id main ideasO3: How to paraphraseO4: How to summariseO5: Note taking skills

Outcomes

1. Write a reference for your textbook

2. What is a topic sentence?

3. Define plagiarism

1. Beekman, L., Dube, C. & Underhill, J. (2011). Academic Literacy. Cape Town: Juta

2. What is a topic sentence?

A paragraph is introduced with a topic sentence. The main idea of a paragraph is

stated there…

3. Not referencing other’s work or ideas

Outcome 1

Outcome 1 Outcome 2

Skeleton outlines

Chapter 5: • Paraphrasing & Summarising– Plagiarism

• What plagiarism is• Why one should not do it

– Paraphrasing• What paraphrasing is• Steps to paraphrasing

– 1– 2

– Summarising• What a summary is• How to summarise

– 1– 2

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O1: Avoid plagiarismO2: Id main ideasO3: How to paraphraseO4: How to summariseO5: Note taking skills

Outcomes

Read through Chapter 5 and create a mind-map of the

information provided there.

What will work for you?You should be able to use it as a poster to

study from.

1. True or false:a)Both paraphrasing and summarising require

you to cite a sourceb)If something is in your own words, you do not

need to credit to the source of your ideasc) When quoting you must use inverted commas

and cite the sourced)Facts must be referenced.

2. What is the difference between paraphrasing and summarising?

Please summarise article on p 60 of your manual

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For this activityAnything goes… • BUT

– Everyone must have a poster– All the content must be noted– Must be completed in 1 hour

1 Activity covers entire chapter, tangible proof at the end that it is done and that outcomes have been reached .

Activity supported by • A quick quiz at the end• A homework assignment

BONUS• Students enjoyed it• Business Communication

CATCH: • Works best for straight forward sections of work. • A simple explanation may be required

Students read the work

Students made annotations in

textbooks

Students walked out with study notes

Some students worked alone

Others in groups

Picking the next song

Students chatting

But work is happening

After break

Finishing touches

Questions & comments ALL welcome

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