You can download MS Word copies of the expense cover sheets for IF sponsored courses and for citizen discussions by clicking on the following links:
Expense Form for IF-Sponsored Courses
Expense Form for Citizen Discussions
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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Expense Forms – for IF sponsored classes and for citizen discussions
Guiding and Assessing student facilitation
Hi all.
Can’t believe it, but my class is in week 8 of a 10 week quarter. By now, each student has already done one facilitation day. They are now in the middle of our ’round two’ facilitation. The first… Read More »
Lessons from Citizens Concerning “Starting Points” in Discussion
IF conducts projects that result in reports containing contrasting policy possibilities so that others may have the benefit of “starting points” in their own discussions of policy areas. Presumably, a helpful report could assist other citizens in getting an initial… Read More »
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A Quick Word About Peer Evaluation
Within the collaborative IF classroom, sanctuary is emphasized. Students will be most open when the feel safe. And the most compelling fear among this generation of students is that they will be publicly belittled by peers. This can make the idea of doing… Read More »
Assessing Student Performance
At the end of each IF session I have students fill out a form, leading them with the following prompts:
1. I think I helped the group when I….
2. I think I could do better at….
3. Our Facilitator… Read More »
Think Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)…
Greetings Summer Institute ’09 (and ’06) Faculty,
I have said this to a few of you specifically but would like to underline it more generally. Each of you are working to apply the IF method within a variety of different… Read More »
Addressing students who complain, “What can I learn from these other students?”
One of the IF Fellows, Mark Notturno, is working with a small team at George Washington University to train a group of visiting scholars from Central and Eastern Europe in the IF method. The approach is to work with these… Read More »
How are you guiding and assessing student performance in discussion?
For those of you teaching an IF sponsored course this spring, your second blog post should focus on the ways you are providing feedback and guidance to your students, whether as discussion facilitators or as discussion participants. As you think… Read More »
Let the Chaos Begin!
Last Wednesday my groups met for the first time. Before turning to Jeff’s prompts about assessment, I want to lay out how the groups are set up and what they are working on.
The week before last (2/17) the students… Read More »
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