Monday, October 26
4:00 - 5:30 PM - All LSFY Faculty Meeting
Wilson Center
Tuesday, October 27
10:45 AM - NASM Self-Study Recital
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
11:00 AM - Farmer's Market
College Center Lobby
11:30 - 11:50 AM - Reflections - Eric Rowell
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall
1:00 - 2:00 PM - Walk-In Hour with Jeff
116 Founders Hall
6:00 PM - Hall-O-Dreen
Andreen Hall will host its annual Hall-O-Dreen for college employees to bring their children and families and trick-or-treat through kid-friendly haunted hallways!
Wednesday, October 28
9:30 AM - Coffee and Conversation
Carlsson Evald Great Hall
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Bible Study: Listening to New Voices About Faith
Chicago Room, College Center
Bring your lunch if you wish. Bring your Bible, or there are extras to use.
7:00 PM - Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program 2010 Informational Meeting
Old Main 333
8:00 PM - Augustana Jazz Combo Soiree
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
9:30 PM - Evening Prayer & Holy Communion
Ascension Chapel, 2nd floor, Founders Hall
Thursday, October 29
10:30 - 11:30 AM - Division Meetings
See Announcements for locations
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Faculty Forum
Olin Auditorium
2:00 PM - Frieze Lecture: Felix Mendelssohn Revisited
Deborah Dakin will speak on composer, organist, pianist and conductor of music who lived from 1809-1847
Rock Island Library, 401 19th Street, Rock Island
Friday, October 30
4:00 - 5:00 PM - Friday Conversations: Environmental Sustainability as a Curricular Topic - Jeff Strasser and David Snowball
3:30 PM - refreshments
Wilson Center
8:00 PM - Augustana Choir Fall Concert
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2136 N. Brady Street, Davenport
Saturday, October 31
2:00 PM - Augustana Concert Band Concert
Centennial Hall
8:00 PM - Augustana Symphonic Band Concert
Centennial Hall
Sunday, November 1
10:30 AM - Sunday Morning Worship
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall
4:30 PM - Faculty Recital - Larry Peterson, Organ
All Bach Program
Sacred Heart Cathedral, 408 E. 11th Street, Davenport
5:00 PM - Sunday Catholic Mass
Ascension Chapel, 2nd Floor, Founders Hall
Volume 8, Issue 10 - October 26, 2009ACTL
Greetings from the Center for Teaching & Learning.
I recently came across the article "Learning Self-Evaluation: Challenges for Students" by Jean MacGregor in the journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning (56). I wanted to share with you some of the points she makes.
Some of the challenges students may face when they are asked to self-evaluate and reflect on themselves as learners, especially for the first time, include:
- an unfamiliarity with looking inward at the learning process;
- a lack of confidence in describing their own learning;
- difficulty in making judgments about their work;
- discomfort in discussing academic difficulties;
- confusion about multiple audiences and purposes;
- cultural discomfort with self-evaluation;
- emotional turbulence beyond the scope of the academic work.
Given these and other challenges, MacGregor makes the following suggestions for those interested in fostering reflection and self-evaluation on the part of their students:
- set the context and rationale for ongoing reflective practices;
- integrate reflective work throughout the course;
- engage students in collaborative learning projects;
- clarify the purpose and audience for more formal self-evaluations;
- tailor your responses to self-evaluations to support student development.
Of course she elaborates on each of these points in her article; I encourage you to take a look. The entire article is available as a pdf on the ACTL moodle site:
http://moodle.augustana.edu/course/view.php?id=538#section-23
In the meantime, I hope the term finishes well for you!
Jon Clauss
Augustana Center for Teaching & Learning
