iPython Notebook Lecture

Students used an ipython notebook to teach students about Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, and Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering.

Leading Swedish Class

In Swedish Ba, Ursula Lindqvist has students lead discussion on a current topic relevant to children's issues. This course focuses on children's literature and culture.

Literary Strips of Paper

In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan uses (or encourages her TFs to use) little strips of paper with words from a literary text in order to get students to explore the functions of individual words in text.

Making a Persuasive Adaptive Argument

In this activity, Jerusha Achterberg has her students work in groups to develop persuasive arguments.

handout.pdf

Mapping Indian Political Institutions

In this activity, students create concept maps showing how various Indian institutions relate to and constrain each other.

teaching plan.docx

Mapping the Holy

In CB51: Making the Middle Ages, the teaching staff, consisting of Professor Dan Smail and TFs Rowan Dorin, Zoe Silverman, Joey McMullen, and Rena Lauer, had students read a common text on a medieval saint, extract all the place names mentioned, and map them in order to learn about the nature of communication in the Middle Ages, geographic analysis, and how to use WorldMap, a way to create and publish maps of geospatial information.

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saints.pdf

MIRA Guest Speaker

This activity brings the real world into the classroom. Eva Millona visited GOV98mg to talk about The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA).

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exercise.docx

Monster Game

In this game, students have to find their monster cut-out's mate by practicing Portuguese body vocabulary.

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cutouts.pdf

handout.pdf

Organizational History and Synopsis

In this activity, students will be able to map the history of a student/campus organization, in which they are involved. In doing so, students will relate the development of their specific organization to the wider trends surrounding civic engagement and education covered in the assigned readings throughout the semester.

syllabus.docx

Overcoming Collective Action

Revolutions require collective action. This simple activity, used during the week on revolutions, demonstrates the difficulty of carrying out collective action.

Paper Outline Workshop

Students learn to construct a persuasive argument by brainstorming multiple ways to structure their final research paper using post-its, large pieces of paper, or whatever other materials students like. They organize and re-arrange primary sources in a low-pressure environment to generate multiple logical flows for their papers.

workshop_final_paper_outlines_handout_schultz.pdf

Paper Structure Exercise

When students are in the revision stage of their paper, Jerusha Achterberg uses fruits to teach students how to structure their papers so that the organization coordinates with the thesis. The idea behind this activity is to break the 5 paragraph mold students bring from high school.

handout.pdf

Past-Tense Song

In Swedish Aa, Ursula Lindqvist and Suzanne Martin used the song "Den första gång jag såg dig" (The First Time I Saw You) by well-known Swedish troubador Birger Sjöberg to help students learn past-tense verbs and about Swedish culture.

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handout.pdf

Patient Interviews

In SCRB 167, students learn about patients’ experience of stem cell-related diseases and therapies through visits from patients and their caregivers.

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syllabus.pdf

Peer Review Revisions

In this introductory course for psychology undergraduates, students receive constructive feedback on their writing delivered in a format that simulates the peer review process in academia. Students learn about peer review methods and strengthen their writing.

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iPython Notebook Lecture

Students used an ipython notebook to teach students about Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines, and Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering.

Leading Swedish Class

In Swedish Ba, Ursula Lindqvist has students lead discussion on a current topic relevant to children's issues. This course focuses on children's literature and culture.

Literary Strips of Paper

In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan uses (or encourages her TFs to use) little strips of paper with words from a literary text in order to get students to explore the functions of individual words in text.

Making a Persuasive Adaptive Argument

In this activity, Jerusha Achterberg has her students work in groups to develop persuasive arguments.

Mapping Indian Political Institutions

In this activity, students create concept maps showing how various Indian institutions relate to and constrain each other.

Mapping the Holy

MIRA Guest Speaker

This activity brings the real world into the classroom. Eva Millona visited GOV98mg to talk about The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA).

Monster Game

In this game, students have to find their monster cut-out's mate by practicing Portuguese body vocabulary.

Organizational History and Synopsis

Overcoming Collective Action

Revolutions require collective action. This simple activity, used during the week on revolutions, demonstrates the difficulty of carrying out collective action.

Paper Outline Workshop

Paper Structure Exercise

When students are in the revision stage of their paper, Jerusha Achterberg uses fruits to teach students how to structure their papers so that the organization coordinates with the thesis. The idea behind this activity is to break the 5 paragraph mold students bring from high school.

Past-Tense Song

In Swedish Aa, Ursula Lindqvist and Suzanne Martin used the song "Den första gång jag såg dig" (The First Time I Saw You) by well-known Swedish troubador Birger Sjöberg to help students learn past-tense verbs and about Swedish culture.

Patient Interviews

In SCRB 167, students learn about patients’ experience of stem cell-related diseases and therapies through visits from patients and their caregivers.

Peer Review Revisions

In this introductory course for psychology undergraduates, students receive constructive feedback on their writing delivered in a format that simulates the peer review process in academia. Students learn about peer review methods and strengthen their writing.

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