vicious circle – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Will giving your students more structure make them need more structure?

mglessmer — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:28:34 +0000

One of the arguments against offering students practice opportunities online and providing automated feedback right then and there is that that way, they will never learn to work independently. Since I am working on e-assessment a lot and with many different courses at the moment, this is a fear that I definitely need to take seriously. I don’t believe […]

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Activating students – a vicious circle?

mglessmer — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:51:18 +0000

Can we become “too motivating”? One thing I’ve been pondering recently are vicious circles, especially in teaching and learning contexts. Imagine this situation: You observe that your students are not as active as you would like them to be. Hence you change something in your teaching to make them become more active: You act more […]

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