Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Series: Just-in-Time
Teaching: Tailoring Your Class to Student Needs
WEDNESDAY, February 18
3:15-4:45 p.m. Buntrock 144
Rick Goedde, Economics and Management Studies, with other contributors
JiTT is a teaching strategy that uses Web-based technologies to provide instructors with regular and timely information about their students' learning. Based on information received from students prior to each class period, both teachers and students can focus their efforts, spending more time on areas where students appear less confident and less time where they have demonstrated competence. A number of St. Olaf faculty members have been working with JiTT in their classes and report very positive results. The Mathematics Department used JiTT in all sections of introductory calculus last spring, and several faculty members in the Economics Department have incorporated JiTT into their teaching. Please join us for a discussion of this promising technique for improving student learning.
