How Do I Get Students to Read Their Assignments Before Class?
Program includes a CD with the video presentation, plus supplemental materials, PowerPoint slides, and complete transcript • $99
Many students come to class without having done the assigned reading. Even though many faculty members routinely spell out course requirements in syllabuses and give individual announcements and reminders, students continue to come to class unprepared.
Why? Because nothing happens to them if they come unprepared. In this Magna 20 Minute Mentor, Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D., describes several strategies that you can use to help students learn the value of reading. She demonstrates what to say and do in your classroom to increase the level of student preparation before class.
Here’s a brief clip from the program:
During this 20-minute program, you will learn how to:
- Motivate students constructively to come to class prepared.
- Create and adopt consequences for students who come to class unprepared.
- Convey to students the value of having read the assigned text.
- Communicate to students that they are responsible for reading the assigned material.
The program also includes supplemental materials that feature sample assignments that encourage students to read before class.
Learning outcomes
At the conclusion of this program, you’ll know how to:
- Motivate students to read by having them discover how much more they learn and how much easier course material is to master once they’ve done the reading.
- Set consequences for students who come to class unprepared.
- Implement in-class exercises that call for reading of texts to emphasize the importance of doing required reading as well as bringing one’s book to class.
- Make students responsible for reading material that you don’t have time to cover in class.
How Do I Get Students to Read Their Assignments Before Class? • CD • $99
Each Magna 20 Minute Mentor includes a CD with the video presentation, supplemental materials, a copy of the PowerPoint slides and the program’s transcript.
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Dr. Maryellen Weimer has served as the editor of The Teaching Professor since 1987. She is a professor emeritus at Penn State Berks and one of the nation’s most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching. In 2005 she won Penn State’s Milton S. Eisenhower award for distinguished teaching. Dr. Weimer has consulted with over 300 colleges and universities on instructional issues, and regularly keynotes national meetings and regional conferences. Her book Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practices, is considered the go-to guide for educators looking to adopt a learner-centered approach in their classrooms.