WorksheetsMyth Busters College Teaching
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 8mins
Through this quiz, let us dismantle some of our preconceived notions about classrooms, teaching, and learning! What do you feel? Pick option below, to start the quiz!
I am ready for this
I am raring to go
This is why I came to the class
Scared, but willing to try!
What does a good classroom, where learning is proceeding at a rapid rate, look like?
<Mythbuster Take 1>
Students are quiet, professor is speaking
Everyone is quiet, a video is playing
Everyone is quiet, an exam is underway
It is a bit noisy, there is discussion
Storytelling is one way of capturing audience attention, it can even be woven into, say, a Chemical Engineering classroom. What do you think?
Graded exams, with strict and formal tones, are the only way to properly assess how much or how well a student has learnt the subject. True or False?
<Mythbuster Take 2>
True, this is time-tested
True, though maybe not always
False, learning and exams don't always go together
False, exams are only a source of stress for everyone
Rewrite this sentence to make it right:
"Blackboard lectures are the best way for a professor to teach difficult concepts to students"
For large classes, with 100+ students, which of the following will (automatically) increase engagement?
Professor should ask lots of different types of questions in the class
Every student should be encouraged (gently) to answer or ask questions
Students should leave their mobile phones outside, strictly
Teacher should write every work/equation on the blackboard
Why do we insist that students leave their cellphones turned off or at home when they come to class?
Because we are afraid they may google stuff and correct us when we speak
'Cause it's disrespectful in our culture to not listen to the teacher
Because we can exercise our power this way
OH THEY MAY WATCH MOVIES IN CLASS?
<Mythbuster Finale>
Games are for fun, a distraction and just timepass.
Please don't bring them into a serious college class.
What do you think?
This is wrong. Learning is fun, or it can be.
I would like a class which is fun
Why cannot learning happen through games?
I agree, best to not ruin games
