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\u00a0On your first<\/em> day with a section, if you were free of pressure to cover content, what demonstration\/discussion\/inquiry would you recommend — or like to try?\u00a0 What would your “first-day dream lesson” <\/em>be?<\/p>\n In this post, we\u2019d like to suggest a way to find time for an activity of your choosing on Day One without falling behind in a tight schedule for covering content.<\/p>\n \u201cExponential Notation\u201d and \u201cThe Metric System\u201d are covered near the beginning of most courses. Our recommendation would be: ask students to complete online tutorials that cover those two topics as homework. To do this, the following procedure has been used with success in a variety of first-year settings.<\/p>\n If<\/em> access to computer printers is an issue for some of your students, you may want to print and hand out a packet of the small number of “printed pages” that are needed for topics you assign.<\/p>\n One or two \u201conline homework\u201d questions due each class may also encourage students to work at the steady pace that promotes long-term retention of learning in memory.\u00a0 However, online homework is inherently \u201copen notes.\u201d\u00a0 In our experience, a \u201cclosed notes\u201d quiz on content is also necessary to convey that the goal is quick recall from memory of\u00a0 fundamentals (see Post #2).<\/p>\n The intent of the tutorials is not to replace discussing a topic in class, but to permit coverage more quickly as a review of homework, freeing time in lecture for additional higher-level activities.<\/p>\n Review copies of additional tutorials for preparatory and general chemistry are available to instructors (see the Resources tab above). Editable quizzes on all of the tutorials are provided to instructors using the lessons with classes.<\/p>\n (Additional “First Week” activities were posted 8\/8\/2018, see WeekOneFiles<\/a> ).<\/p>\n In the Comments, we\u2019d like to hear:<\/p>\n \u00a0If you tried the above experiment, what were student outcomes?\u00a0 Next time, what would you do differently? <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0# # # # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Post #1 we asked: \u00a0On your first day with a section, if you were free of pressure to cover content, what demonstration\/discussion\/inquiry would you recommend — or like to try?\u00a0 What would your “first-day dream lesson” be? In this… <\/p>\n\n
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