Word: syllabus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...well as coordinating Sunday brunch at the Kiwanis Club from Nov. 26 until Jan. 22. Head TF Vennedy first noticed Karstedt when she appeared on "Super Password" in 1982. In order to help the students relate to Karstedt, Roles has required that each student read at least half the syllabus in large print format...
...following year. By not even providing the titles early enough, students have no idea what classes actually will be offered in the fall. I was pleased to see that the Web course catalog I dutifully downloaded in August had Web links for every course--though, despite the cheery "syllabus" icon on the second page, the overwhelming majority led nowhere. In my experience professors sometimes don't even have a syllabus completed by the first day of class...
Handing out the syllabus is essentially the only duty of the first day. Putting the syllabus on the Web could help students and professors alike by helping move true teaching one day closer to the beginning of the term and by helping students know what a course is really going to cover in contrast to what a sexy paragraph might make them think. Currently, the helpful but at times outdated or incomplete list of books in the CUE Guide is the only hint to what books will be read...
...longer does the threat of a midterm draw students to class. Section quizzes on lecture material mean not a thing. Forever gone are hand cramps, loose-leaf paper, lost pen caps and spiral notebooks; a syllabus to follow the reading material and a computer with Internet access provide a more compact and complete explanation of the course...
Gerry said his class syllabus was planned before he knew of the renovations but that he was excited when he learned of the prospect...