Goals

• Ultimate goal is student learning
• Fluency in the course material well beyond course’s end
• Critical thinking <=> problem solving

Before the course starts…

• Preparation, preparation, preparation
• Syllabus
• Test timing

Before class…

• Preparation, preparation, preparation
• Gauging how much material fits into a lecture
• Lecture notes must be ready for the immediate and the succeeding class

In class…

• “Coming attractions”
• “Where are we?”
• Pace
• Asking questions
• Voting
• Pizza
• Enlivening class
• Historical context
• “Why are we doing this?”
• “But what does this equation mean?”
• Using PowerPoint…be careful

Outside class…

• Homework should be “interesting” and challenging
• Group work
• “Open door”
• Electronic support
• Course web page
• E-mail
• Blogs?