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>Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:28:09 -0700
Thank you for your suggestions. I would love to have your complete list
some time.
Thanks a lot.
Dr. Thea van Til Rusthoven
Department of French
Redeemer University College
777 Garner Road East
Ancaster, Ontario
L9K 1J4
Canada
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> Hi:
>
> Just thought I'd offer a few thoughts on this post. I did my MA thesis
> on this very subject - we had put in a beautiful, state of the art
> language lab - but the students hated it - and as a result didn't
> attend, didn't do the work once they did attend. The results were
> interesting - the students viewed this as "busy work" , not connected to
> their grade, and was just something the department wanted.
>
> Some of the things we did:
> Attendance required to pass the course, and work required to be turned
> in - no work, course grade either lowered or automatic F.
> Exam questions relating to the lab assignments.
> (there were other suggestions I made, but Masters was a while ago -
> e-mail me offlist if you'd like the complete "recommendations"
>
> In other institutions, some of the things I've seen:
>
> Students assigned groups to work in on lab assignments (just have to be
> sure the group meets, and that they don't split up the work, or it
> defeats the group worth dynamic)
>
> A lot of exam questions relating to the lab assignments. i.e. an
> internet assignment on Frida Kahlo would yield an exam question
> regarding her, her life (whatever was on that webpage
> )
> Using electronic quizzes as part of the grade - i.e. where they have to
> send them to you - or to themselves and print them out. They are usually
> self-graded, so its just a "did or didn't" kind of grade. (this is
> something I do currently, though they don't have to go to the lab to do
> it, many do.) I use http://www.studyspanish.com which gives them a
> virtual report card.
>
> Hope this helps!!
>
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