tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post113926191930096443..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: The naked studentZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1142192619726774962006-03-12T11:43:00.000-08:002006-03-12T11:43:00.000-08:00My algebra classes meet five days a week, Dr. Dave...My algebra classes meet five days a week, Dr. Dave. I usually know most of my students' names by the end of the second week. It helps that I call roll every class session for the first two weeks and give quizzes every couple of days; when I return the quizzes I call names and have students come forward to pick them up. It takes a few minutes of class time, but I sure learn those names. My memory is better than average, too, which I would take as a sign of a great mind except that idiot savants have me totally beaten in that regard.<BR/><BR/>This fall semester was also easier than normal because there was a drop-off in enrollment in the early morning classes for some reason. (Maybe they heard I was teaching then!)Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1142187850526821962006-03-12T10:24:00.000-08:002006-03-12T10:24:00.000-08:00How often do your classes meet? Five quizzes in th...How often do your classes meet? Five quizzes in three weeks! Also... it's after midterm and I don't even know HALF my students' names.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1141217350255076402006-03-01T04:49:00.000-08:002006-03-01T04:49:00.000-08:00I've had that happen as well. It is situatins lik...I've had that happen as well. It is situatins like this that caused me to have an attendance policy so I could justify dropping him from the course. <BR/><BR/>You have to wonder what they were thinking... were they "sick" or "on vacation" all that time?Inside the Philosophy Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255753259090709877noreply@blogger.com