My Instructional Plan

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My Instructional Plan

• Amod Agashe

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• Course I will be teaching
• Abstract Algebra (graduate level)
• Instructional goal
• Address students with different background, while
  covering the required material
• Strategy
• Be up-front about this challenge
• Target the average student, and give extra
  reading to weaker students
• Resources needed
• Questionnaire on students backgrounds
• Extra assignments for weaker students

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• Expected result (by the end of the course)
• Students will be brought to the same background
• Required material will be covered
• Potential risk
• Weaker students may fall behind -(
• Evaluation of strategy effectiveness
• Performance of weaker students on midterms
• Mid-course and end-of-course surveys
• Did I cover the required material?
• Moral of the story
• PowerPoint is sometimes useful, if used
  judiciously
• But if it is not useful, you are better off not
  using it! -)