Word: whitla
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sure the Faculty Council will be somewhat disturbed to see that increase," Dean K. Whitla, director of the University's Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation, said yesterday. He added that some changes made in the examination process to cut down on the number of medical excuses had been discussed by the Council and "may well be considered again...
...have three or four options," Whitla said. "We could recommend difficult make-up exams, or we could schedule them for unattractive times, like spring recess or Thanksgiving," Whitla said...
...asterisk might also be attached to any grade that was the result of an extended period of time," Whitla added...
...Whitla claims the secret behind the center's success in improving teaching lies in the nature of the videotape itself. "There is enormous power in the medium to get people to be self-reflective," he says. "We are not trying to make you put on a teaching style that is the Harvard teaching style, but rather the teaching style that is appropriate for you and your discipline...
...assistants. Some junior faculty agree to be taped, but Krupnick can only recall about five to eight senior faculty members who requested the center's services. Some departments--Economics and Romance Languages, for example--require all teaching fellows to be taped, but most of the taping participants come voluntarily. Whitla says, "Most of the people we see tend to be above average teachers already. They are highly motivated. Perhaps we ought to be working with a group that is not quite so good." Krupnick agrees, but says more people will come in when they see their peers improving and when...