I've always found role playing to be surprisingly illustrative. I've done it only in a few academic settings and never in my workshops. But people become animated and the entertaining folks bring others out. It seems to help demonstrate a point.
I had a 200 level political science class many moons ago. The class was very interesting. The professor was engaging although a bit disjointed. The entire grade for the class was based on three multiple choice tests, based a bit on a book, but moreover on class lecture, which was almost impossible to take notes on. When I took the first test I got a "C". That wouldn't do. I found out that his past tests were floating around. I got a hold of them and aced the tests from there out. It isn't the way I liked to get grades, but the assessments had very little to do with what was learned in class. I actually carry a great deal of that class with me today. But it has nothing to do with the tests.
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Hi Glenn,
How sad that your professor hadn't figured out the cycle of teaching and assessment. I too would be disappointed with myself for having to resort to looking at past test, but I bet as an instructor yourself, this experience will have a positive effect.
Julia
“That reminded me of the only F I had gotten in my life. I took Bible as a Literature as an undergrad (which was not an area of previous experience). The instructor said it would be an essay test so I studied my head off to walk into the midterm to find a fill-in-the blank test asking questions like "who begat (sp?) whom." To me, that was not what the important aspects of the bible. The only other grade for the class was on an essay - on which I got an A. Which one demonstrated my true understanding of the concept better?”
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