PHYS 394 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Metacognition

Week Date Class Due Dates
1
Monday
1/17/2022
    
Tuesday
1/18/2022
 Agenda
  1. Introduction to class
  2. Instructor-student interaction I

Materials
  1. Video: "Hello!"
  2. Handout: "Hello"
  3. Video: "Depth"
  4. Handout: "Depth"
  5. LA Expectations Rubric

Homework for next week
  1. Complete Intro Survey in smartIllinois
  
Wednesday
1/19/2022
    
Thursday
1/20/2022
    
Friday
1/21/2022
    
Saturday
1/22/2022
    
Sunday
1/23/2022
    
2
Monday
1/24/2022
    
Tuesday
1/25/2022
 Agenda Instructor-student interaction II
  1. Reading: Unpacking the nature of discourse in the Mathematics Classrooms
  2. Open and Closed Questions - activity
  3. Why do we ask questions?

Materials
  1. Unpacking the nature of discourse in the Mathematics Classrooms
  2. Unpacking the nature of discourse in the Mathematics Classrooms- Excerpts
  
Wednesday
1/26/2022
    
Thursday
1/27/2022
    
Friday
1/28/2022
    
Saturday
1/29/2022
    
Sunday
1/30/2022
    
3
Monday
1/31/2022
    
Tuesday
2/1/2022
 Agenda Instructor-student interaction III
  1. Reading: Talk Science Primer
  2. Qustioning Activity: Productive talk in groups

Materials
  1. Talk Science Primer

Homework for next week 		 
Wednesday
2/2/2022
    
Thursday
2/3/2022
    
Friday
2/4/2022
    
Saturday
2/5/2022
    
Sunday
2/6/2022
    
4
Monday
2/7/2022
    
Tuesday
2/8/2022
 Agenda Introductory physics labs at UofI
  1. Reading: Using introductory labs to engage students in experimental design
  2. Activity: Lab categorization

Materials
  1. Using introductory labs to engage students in experimental design
  
Wednesday
2/9/2022
    
Thursday
2/10/2022
    
Friday
2/11/2022
    
Saturday
2/12/2022
    
Sunday
2/13/2022
    
5
Monday
2/14/2022
    
Tuesday
2/15/2022
 Agenda
Interview Project
  1. Identify interview techniques that help elicit student thinking.
  2. Bloom’s Taxonomy and interview questions
  3. Identify students’ ideas of physics topics chosen for interview
  4. Construct interview protocols

Materials
  1. Interview Part 1
  2. Interview Part 2
  3. Interview Techniques
  4. Rubric for Draft Protocol
  
Wednesday
2/16/2022
    
Thursday
2/17/2022
    
Friday
2/18/2022
    
Saturday
2/19/2022
    
Sunday
2/20/2022
    
6
Monday
2/21/2022
    
Tuesday
2/22/2022
 Agenda
Epistemology and Learning Attitudes
  1. Reading: Helping students learn how to learn

Materials
  1. Helping students learn how to learn
Interview protocol draft
Wednesday
2/23/2022
    
Thursday
2/24/2022
    
Friday
2/25/2022
    
Saturday
2/26/2022
    
Sunday
2/27/2022
    
7
Monday
2/28/2022
    
Tuesday
3/1/2022
 Agenda
Interview Project II
  1. In-class Practice Interview
  2. Revision of Interview Protocol
  3. Final Interview Report

Materials
  1. Rubric for Revised Protocol
  2. Rubrics for Final Interview Report

  
Wednesday
3/2/2022
    
Thursday
3/3/2022
    
Friday
3/4/2022
    
Saturday
3/5/2022
    
Sunday
3/6/2022
    
8
Monday
3/7/2022
    
Tuesday
3/8/2022
 Agenda
Collaboration
  1. Reading: When smart groups fail
  2. Reading: Teams that work: Campus culture, engineer identity, and social interactions
  3. Activity: Reflection on collaboration

Materials
  1. When smart groups fail.
  2. Teams that work: Campus culture, engineer identity, and social interactions
 Interview protocol final version
Wednesday
3/9/2022
    
Thursday
3/10/2022
    
Friday
3/11/2022
    
Saturday
3/12/2022
    
Sunday
3/13/2022
    
9
Monday-Sunday
3/14-20 2022
 Spring Break
10
Monday
3/21/2022
    
Tuesday
3/22/2022
 Agenda
Equity and Inclusion
  1. Reading: Teaching about racial equity in introductory physics courses
  2. Reading: Affirmative Action – Open Letter to the Supreme Course of the United States
  3. Activity: Equity and Inclusion discussion

Materials
  1. Teaching about racial equity in introductory physics courses
  2. Affirmative Action – Open Letter to the Supreme Course of the United States
  
Wednesday
3/23/2022
    
Thursday
3/24/2022
    
Friday
3/25/2022
    
Saturday
3/26/2022
    
Sunday
3/27/2022
    
11
Monday
3/28/2022
    
Tuesday
3/29/2022
 Agenda
  1. Reading: What's all the fuss about metacognition?
  2. Activity: Anticipating teaching discussion I

Materials
  1. What's all the fuss about metacognition?
  2. Rubrics for Final Interview Report

Homework for next week
Wednesday
3/30/2022
    
Thursday
3/31/2022
    
Friday
4/1/2022
    
Saturday
4/2/2022
    
Sunday
4/3/2022
    
12
Monday
4/4/2022
    
Tuesday
4/5/2022
 Agenda Formative Assessment
  1. Reading: Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards
  2. Discussion: What is formative assessment?
  3. Activity: Anticipating Teaching Discussion II

Materials
  1. Classroom Assessment and the National Science Education Standards

Homework for next week 		Interviw project: Final Report
Wednesday
4/6/2022
    
Thursday
4/7/2022
    
Friday
4/8/2022
    
Saturday
4/9/2022
    
Sunday
4/10/2022
    
13
Monday
4/11/2022
    
Tuesday
4/12/2022
 Agenda
  1. Activity: Anticipating Teaching Discussion III
  2. Activity: Reflection on attempted teaching strategies

Materials
Homework for next week
  1. Read What makes a team smarter? More Women
  2. Read The discipline of teams
  
Wednesday
4/13/2022
    
Thursday
4/14/2022
    
Friday
4/15/2022
    
Saturday
4/16/2022
    
Sunday
4/17/2022
    
14
Monday
4/18/2022
    
Tuesday
4/19/2022
 Agenda Supporting Collaboration
  1. Reading: What makes a team smarter? More Women
  2. Reading: The discipline of teams

Materials
  1. What makes a team smarter? More Women
  2. The discipline of teams
Wednesday
4/20/2022
    
Thursday
4/21/2022
    
Friday
4/22/2022
    
Saturday
4/23/2022
    
Sunday
4/24/2022
    
15
Monday
4/25/2022
    
Tuesday
4/26/2022
 Agenda
  1. tbd
  2. tbd

Materials
  1. tbd

Homework for next week
  1. tbd
  
Wednesday
4/27/2022
    
Thursday
4/28/2022
    
Friday
4/29/2022
    
Saturday
4/30/2022
    
Sunday
5/1/2022
    
16
Monday
5/2/2022
    
Tuesday
5/3/2022
 Agenda Synthesis
  1. Reflection on LA experience
  2. What's in your toolbox? Constructing a personal teaching philosophy

Materials
  1. tbd
  2. tbd
  
Wednesday
5/4/2022
 Last day of classes  
Thursday
5/5/2022
 Reading day  
Friday
5/6/2022
 First day of finals  
Saturday
5/7/2022
    
Sunday
5/8/2022