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Teaching Classes Students Think They Are Going to Hate: Lessons From Teaching Intro Quantitative Methods Courses In-Person

Facilitator: Dr. Rachel Baker, Policy, Organizations, Leadership, and Systems Division

Convener: Tess Bernhard, CETLI Fellow, Education

How do you overcome students’ apprehension and anxieties around your course material? Drawing on Dr. Baker’s experiences teaching introductory statistics, we will discuss pedagogical strategies that can be leveraged to help students build confidence they do not yet have in relation to your subject area. Such strategies include group work, modulating lecture structure and speed, and integrating low stakes discussions. While this workshop will draw on techniques used in to make quantitative methods courses accessible, the strategies discussed will be broadly applicable to those teaching required courses with challenging material.

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Graduate School of Education, and so may be most useful to students in related fields.

Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

Part of the CETLI Teaching Certificate Series

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