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Today is a chance for everyone to catch up on material that might not been perfectly clear the first time around. The final exam will occur next week, so this is the last chance to meet as a group while discussing topics which might need extra explanation.
It would be boring to listen to the instructor drone away for an hour as he explains how to do some particular problem. Active learning is better, right? So, why not let STUDENTS do the problem-solving?
Assignment: Each student will bring to class two items: a sample problem on some topic covered in class, AND its solution -- which will be given to the instructor at the end of the class period. Students will take turns at the front of the class explaining the problem, and then showing how it can be solved. All problems and their solutions will be placed on this webpage a day or so after class, so that everyone may examine them while studying for the exam.
If the problems are of sufficient quality, then one student problem will serve as an inspiration for one of the problems on the exam.
Students should plan on using roughly 1 minute to explain their problem, and then 2-3 minutes to show how it can be solved. It is not necessary to work out every single step in class, but the solution SHOULD show all necessary calculations.
If there is any time left in the class period, the instructor will take questions from the class.
Copyright © Michael Richmond.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.