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Scatterplots, Correlation and Linear Regression

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This worksheet provides scaffolding as students practice new methods concepts. It has students use the statistical software SPSS and scaffolding like sentence frames and graphic organizers to learn about scatterplots, correlation and linear regression...

Strategic Practice Problems

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In Statistics 110, Professor Joe Blitzstein provides students "strategic practice problems," arranged by topic which help then do the problem set. The idea for the strategic practice problems came from chess, where strategies are organized by topic. The...

Spanish Sayings

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For Andrew Gray's intermediate Spanish course, students complete an activity using Spanish sayings to improve knowledge of the language and popular oral culture. The only prerequisite for this activity is intermediate knowledge of Spanish. At the...

Selectorate-Electorate Game

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In-class interactive game between students playing a modification of the "selectorate-electorate" game. This game has a leader distributing private and public benefits, and others voting. In the activity students logged into Econvision.com and played the...

Watching a Swedish Commercial

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In Swedish Aa, Ursula Lindqvist and Suzanne Martin have their students watch a commercial for a major Swedish food chain on YouTube in order to practice helping verbs and adjectives while working on listening comprehension and being exposed to Swedish...

College Tuition Costs

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In this homework assignment, students take as a starting point President Obama's speech at the University of Michigan about the cost of tuition and student debt and, using concepts from the readings and data online, get into depth about the nature of...

Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

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This course teaches students the skill and process of solving problems in discrete mathematics through active participation in every class. Rather than meeting for lectures, the class is a series of problem-solving sessions. Before class, students...

Neurobiology Family Feud

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In section for MCB 80, "Neurobiology of Behavior," students play a game similar to Family Feud to review material discussed in lecture. Graduate student Julio Perez uses this activity for his section. In every section, the class is divided into two equal...

Section Presentations

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In the 2008 offering of Math 154, Professor Paul Bamberg had small weekly sections where students prepared problems from the textbook in advance, which they presented for each other. The textbook used in the class contained 1000 problems with somewhat...

Astro-Jeopardy

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To prepare for a midterm, students participated in a game of Jeopardy to test their knowledge, engage with the section, and boost their confidence. Before playing Astro-Jeopardy, the students had a chance to ask the instructor questions about the material...

Swedish Music Videos

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In this activity, Swedish Aa students view music videos of Swedish pop songs ("Ingen vill veta" and "Du vill så du kan") to practice helping verbs and as a prompt for in-class language practice. The instructors, Suzanne Martin and Ursula Lindqvist provide...

Students Explaining Math Problems

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Alexander Isakov, a graduate student in physics, has his students explain in class how to do crucial steps of math problems for Math 21a. In order to do the activity, students need only to have looked at the homework and know the lecture material. During...