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Not quite a lecture: Keeping students engaged. Ginny Price, MS, CVT, VTS (Behavior) St Petersburg College School of Veterinary Technology. Index Cards: all students are responsible. Close reading and three level notes; engage with written material.
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Not quite a lecture: Keeping students engaged Ginny Price, MS, CVT, VTS (Behavior) St Petersburg College School of Veterinary Technology
Close reading and three level notes; engage with written material http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/college-and-university-students/799
What main ideas were in the reading and videos? • How can you use these ideas in your work? • What questions came to mind during your reading? Reflection assignment
Critical Thinking Discussion: one student’s comments build on another’s
Model Deep Thinking: Socratic questioning; elements of thought; intellectual standards; intellectual traits
Summary assignments: analyze and synthesize; learning assessment
Obtain a sample from a patient using a new technique. If you have used all the recommended techniques of obtaining samples use the one with which you are least familiar. • Record your observations of your and your patient's behavior during this process. • Reflect on how the process you used might affect the obtained sample. Summary Assignment Example
Cite information from the text to supportyour ideas on how samples are affected by the techniques used to obtain them. • Record the effectiveness of the technique you used to obtain the sample. • Record how the technique could be improved or what you would do differently next time. If it could not be improved or changed, record why the technique does not need to be improved or changed. Summary Assignment Example
Exams: learning assessment; contain essay & multiple choice items http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/MultipleChoiceItems/
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