Student: "I am more likely to do the reading when you send an email/Blackboard announcement of the homework we need to do the day before." I have done this since and the change has been incredible. And it only takes a minute!
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My first reaction was the "read the syllabus" knee jerk, but obviously that wasn't working. But really--should I double down on that just to appease my ego, that I've spent hours crafting that document and they NEED to deal with it?
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This will be my go-to strategy when I'm frustrated with a class. I will ask them what they need from me to help them. I think often of how our teaching become "defeat devices" when we imagine ourselves as better experts than our students.
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I do weekly announcement emails, which reference readings and assignments for the week, as well as what we’ll thinking about and other things.
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Has anyone tried out an auto reminder email service pre-populated with the syllabus assignments? I’ve also had good results with “teasing” the reading at the end of the previous class - aka tapping into their basic desire to read just to find out what happens.
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I used a http://cel.ly to send text message reminders (no cost, voluntary sign-up, and I never saw student phone numbers)
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I am taking a class right now where the syllabus does not have the reading assignments on it. At all. You just have to guess what you are supposed to have read for the upcoming quizzes and in-class discussion. Unsurprisingly, discussions are kind of dead.
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