Chapter 17 Interaction Through Homework
17.1 Find the Company
Students search the Internet for a corporation that makes use of concepts/ideas from class, and must defend their choice in the next class session.
17.2 Diagnostic Learning Logs
Students track main points in lecture and a second list of unclear points. They then reflect on and analyze the information and diagnose their weaknesses.
17.3 Process Analysis
Students track the steps they take to finish an assignment and comment on their approaches to it.
17.4 Productive Study-Time Logs
Short records students keep on how long they study for a class; comparison allows those with lesser commitment to see the disparity.
17.5 Double-Entry Journals
Students note first the important ideas from reading, and then respond personally.
17.7 Annotated Portfolios
Student turns in creative work, with student’s explanation of the work in relation to the course content and goals.
## Student Questions
17.8 Student Questions (Index Cards)
At the start of the semester, pass out index cards and ask each student to write a question about the class and your expectations. The cards rotate through the room, with each student adding a check-mark if they agree this question is important for them. The teacher learns what the class is most anxious about.
17.9 Student Questions (Group-Decided)
Stop class, group students into fours, ask them to take five minutes to decide on the one question they think is crucial for you to answer right now.
17.10 Questions as Homework
Students write questions before class on 3x5 cards: “What I really wanted to know about mitochondrial DNA but was afraid to ask…”