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Goode, Delmer M. (1964). Seventy
College Teaching Procedures. Corvallis, OR:
Graduate School, Oregon State College.
SAMPLE PROCEDURES:
Ability
Grouping: temporarily group students
of like ability together for a group exercise.
Blackboard
Recitation: section off blackboard, ask question,
and several students called to the board simultaneously write
answers.
Exhibitions
of results from student activities: take the best student
contributions from class activities, remove names, construct
displays, and post.
Forum:
presentations by several participants in succession, followed
by group discussion.
Interview
students at the beginning of the semester. Use information
gleaned throughout the semester.
Mock
Court: assign or elect defendants, prosecuting attorneys,
defense lawyers, jury, court stenographer, reporters, sketch
artists, etc. Hold mock trial.
Parable
Construction: present parable (e.g.,
one of Aesop’s fables), then have students turn class topic
into a parable.
Student
Participation in conduct of course:
let students help pick topics, sequence topics, present topics
to class, and make out test questions.
Establish
a new Tradition: present a once-famous tradition,
express interest in reviving it, let students amend and implement
it (Bob: a la “The Dead Poet’s Society”).
Video
or Audio Tape Interviews: the instructor tapes experts,
colleagues, community members, or former students (why should
all the videos you show in class be professional ones?).
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