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Hello,
I'm just wanting to hear from anyone who has taught the 3-2-2 (Class is worth 3 credit hours, 2 hours of lecture, 2 hours of "lab") This means that the students have class 4 days a week.
We just changed over to this set up this semester. I am an instructor and I have TA's that head up the labs. The problem is that the "lab" winds up being a study hall and attendance has fallen off (like, 5 of 30 show up). I tried handing out worksheets to supplement the HW to do in lab time to get them to show up, but the Director told me not to do that because it will "mess up the baseline".
Anyway, has anyone taught Developmental Math with this approach? Do you guys have any advice for me as far as maybe activities for the kids or advice for me?
These are Freshmen/Sophomores at a 4 year University. It's Beginning and Intermediate Algebra.
I'm having a really hard time covering the material in 2 50 minute sessions per week. I'm having to blaze through the material and these are students who have always struggled with Math. If I slow down, then I'll get behind and I won't cover all of the required material.
CC
I'm just wanting to hear from anyone who has taught the 3-2-2 (Class is worth 3 credit hours, 2 hours of lecture, 2 hours of "lab") This means that the students have class 4 days a week.
We just changed over to this set up this semester. I am an instructor and I have TA's that head up the labs. The problem is that the "lab" winds up being a study hall and attendance has fallen off (like, 5 of 30 show up). I tried handing out worksheets to supplement the HW to do in lab time to get them to show up, but the Director told me not to do that because it will "mess up the baseline".
Anyway, has anyone taught Developmental Math with this approach? Do you guys have any advice for me as far as maybe activities for the kids or advice for me?
These are Freshmen/Sophomores at a 4 year University. It's Beginning and Intermediate Algebra.
I'm having a really hard time covering the material in 2 50 minute sessions per week. I'm having to blaze through the material and these are students who have always struggled with Math. If I slow down, then I'll get behind and I won't cover all of the required material.
CC