1. General Physics II (PY 121) Classroom
Management for Spring 2006
Presented by:
Mike Mikhaiel
For
Educational Technology Committee
February 14, 2006
Paterson Room
2. Problem
Last semester, I had a problem with the
difference in each student’s background
during the General Physics I course.
Students either have a very good
background in the subject or a weak one.
3. Solution (Student-Centered Activities)
• Actively engage students in their learning
• Design an environment to support learning
• Develop/Modify instructional activities
• Assess impact on learning
4.
5. Cooperative Learning Benefits
• Active/Interactive Learning
• Individuals get stuck and give up while
individuals in groups share resources
• More and better questions are asked
• Students learn more when they teach each
other
6. Cooperative Learning
“Secrets”
• Individual accountability. Each member is responsible for
doing their own fair share of the work and for mastering all the material.
• Positive interdependence. Team members have to rely upon
one another.
• Face to face interaction. Some or all of the group effort must
be spent with members working together.
• Appropriate use of interpersonal skills. Members must
receive instruction and then practice leadership, decision
making,communication, and conflict management.
• Regular self-assessment of group functioning. Groups
need to evaluate how well their team is functioning, where they could
improve, and what they should do differently in the future.
7. Group “Engineering”
• Top students often motivated by
grades
Give teamsmanship bonus if exam average >80
• Bottom students try to avoid work
Groups can “fire” lazy members
10. Forming groups starting with my
students’ spreadsheet ...
Akilli, Onur
Almurqaten, Murad
Awad, Morad
Ayyildiz, Mehmet
Henriquez, Lovita
Daud, Shady
Dowlatyari, Roham
Gomez, Garibaldy
Hollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, Narina
Malik, Muhammad
Mejia, Jose
Mendoza, Ysaac
Nicolini, Rosa
Ijbara, Basema
Rudra, Liton
Hwang, DaEun
Wilton, Pena
Vakman, Mike
Vargas, Karl
11. Forming Groups
Rank and divide into thirds
Dowlatyari, Roham
Hollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, Narina
Top 1/3 Mejia, Jose
Nicolini, Rosa
Mendoza, Ysaac
Ijbara, Basema
Akilli, Onur
Almurqaten, Murad
Awad, Morad
Middle Ayyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, Liton
1/3 Hwang, DaEun
Vakman, Mike
Daud, Shady
Gomez, Garibaldy
Malik, Muhammad
Bottom Vargas, Karl
1/3 Henriquez, Lovita
Wilton, Pena
12. Forming Groups
Distribute the very top people, one to each
Group.
Dowlatyari, Roham
Hollingsworth, Tracy
Khonako, Narina
Top Mejia, Jose
1/3 Nicolini, Rosa
Mendoza, Ysaac Group 1
Ijbara, Basema
Akilli, Onur
Almurqaten, Murad
Awad, Morad
Middle Ayyildiz, Mehmet
Rudra, Liton
1/3 Hwang, DaEun
Vakman, Mike
Daud, Shady
Gomez, Garibaldy Group 2
Bottom Malik, Muhammad
Vargas, Karl
1/3 Henriquez, Lovita
Wilton, Pena
13. Forming Groups
There will be six groups. Each group consists
of three or four students.
Dowlatyari, Roham G 1
Dowlatyari, Roham
G1
Hollingsworth, Tracy
G1
Khonako, Narina
Top Mejia, Jose Hollingsworth, Tracy G 2
G2
1/3 Nicolini, Rosa
G2
Mendoza, Ysaac
G3
Ijbara, Basema
G3
Akilli, Onur
G3
Almurqaten, Murad
G4
Awad, Morad
Middle Ayyildiz, Mehmet G4
G4
Rudra, Liton
1/3 Hwang, DaEun G5
G5
Vakman, Mike
G5
Daud, Shady
G5
Gomez, Garibaldy
Bottom Malik, Muhammad G6
G6
1/3 Vargas, Karl
G6
Henriquez, Lovita
G6
Wilton, Pena
14. Forming Groups
Fill in G1 and G2 groups
Dowlatyari, Roham G1
Dowlatyari, Roham Akilli, Onur G1
Hollingsworth, Tracy Daud, Shady G1
Khonako, Narina
Top Mejia, Jose
Hollingsworth, Tracy G2
Almurqaten, Murad G2
1/3 Nicolini, Rosa
Gomez, Garibaldy G2
Mendoza, Ysaac
Ijbara, Basema G3
Akilli, Onur G3
Almurqaten, Murad G3
Awad, Morad G4
Middle Ayyildiz, Mehmet G4
Rudra, Liton G4
1/3 Hwang, DaEun G5
Vakman, Mike G5
Daud, Shady G5
Gomez, Garibaldy
G5
Bottom Malik, Muhammad
G6
Paulino, Juan
1/3 Vargas, Karl
G6
Henriquez, Lovita G6
G6
15. Forming Groups
Fill in other groups the same way.
Dowlatyari, Roham
Hollingsworth, Tracy Dowlatyari, Roham G1
Khonako, Narina Akilli, Onur G1
Top Mejia, Jose Daud, Shady G1
1/3 Nicolini, Rosa Hollingsworth, Tracy G2
Mendoza, Ysaac Almurqaten, Murad G2
Ijbara, Basema
Gomez, Garibaldy G2
Akilli, Onur
Khonako, Narina G3
Almurqaten, Murad
Awad, Morad G3
Awad, Morad
Middle Ayyildiz, Mehmet Malik, Muhammad G3
Rudra, Liton Mejia, Jose G4
1/3 Hwang, DaEun Ayyildiz, Mehmet G4
Vakman, Mike Paulino, Juan G4
Daud, Shady G5
Bottom Gomez, Garibaldy G5
Malik, Muhammad G5
1/3 Paulino, Juan G5
Vargas, Karl G6
Henriquez, Lovita
G6
G6
G6
16. Forming Groups
Finish with the groups.
Dowlatyari, Roham Dowlatyari, Roham G1
Hollingsworth, Tracy Akilli, Onur G1
Khonako, Narina Daud, Shady G1
Top Mejia, Jose Khonako, Narina G2
Awad, Morad G2
1/3 Nicolini, Rosa
Gomez, Garibaldy G2
Mendoza, Ysaac
Ijbara, Basema Nicolini, Rosa G3
Akilli, Onur Rudra, Liton G3
Almurqaten, Murad Malik, Muhammad G3
Awad, Morad Hollingsworth, Tracy G4
Middle Ayyildiz, Mehmet Almurqaten, Murad G4
Rudra, Liton
1/3 Hwang, DaEun
Paulino, Juan G4
Mejia, Jose G5
Vakman, Mike
Ayyildiz, Mehmet G5
Daud, Shady
Vakman, Mike G5
Bottom Gomez, Garibaldy
Vargas, Karl G5
Malik, Muhammad
1/3 Paulino, Juan Hwang, DaEun G6
Vargas, Karl Henriquez, Lovita G6
Henriquez, Lovita Mendoza, Ysaac G6
Ijbara, Basema G6
17. Expected Attitudes
• “I can deal with the lecture class, it’s just that I enjoy
more...getting more into the interactive projects. Its
more hands on. If you don’t understand something,
you just ask the guy next to you. Nobody yells at you
for talking.”
• “...you have a professor right in the middle and...a
couple of guys spread out and you can flag them
down...In the lecture, you are sitting... 5 rows back.
You really don’t have anyone but the two people next
to you and they don’t know. You really don’t have
anyone with some knowledge to help you out.”
18. The Result
I would like to see my students saying this:
“I would like to have another quiz so I can
show the instructor how good I am in
physics.”
