Comments on: Using Office Hours To Boost Learning & Impact Students http://seanbanville.com/2012/01/01/using-office-hours-to-boost-learning-impact-students/ stuff from the head of Sean Banville Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:01:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Elaine http://seanbanville.com/2012/01/01/using-office-hours-to-boost-learning-impact-students/comment-page-1/#comment-15626 Elaine Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:08:43 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=783#comment-15626 Thanks for the feedback Tyson. As a recent graduate, I completely agree (and have done so myself) that students often go into office hours and just sit there and listen while one or two other students ask all their questions. I think that this is a sign that the students genuinely have questions to ask but are too shy, are being overshadowed by others, or are just not being asked the right questions. To create discussion, or at least to bring value, I suggest you just start naming things off to discuss or problem sets to go over. Usually, if a student doesn't respond, it means that the topic is way over their head. Move to something easier. If a student mumbles a bit about it, it probably means that you're getting closer to what will really help them. Hope this helps! Thanks for the feedback Tyson.

As a recent graduate, I completely agree (and have done so myself) that students often go into office hours and just sit there and listen while one or two other students ask all their questions. I think that this is a sign that the students genuinely have questions to ask but are too shy, are being overshadowed by others, or are just not being asked the right questions.

To create discussion, or at least to bring value, I suggest you just start naming things off to discuss or problem sets to go over. Usually, if a student doesn’t respond, it means that the topic is way over their head. Move to something easier. If a student mumbles a bit about it, it probably means that you’re getting closer to what will really help them.

Hope this helps!

]]> By: Tyson Seburn (@seburnt) http://seanbanville.com/2012/01/01/using-office-hours-to-boost-learning-impact-students/comment-page-1/#comment-15580 Tyson Seburn (@seburnt) Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:01:57 +0000 http://seanbanville.com/?p=783#comment-15580 Great topic, very relevant to me. I've always been one that really never liked office hours, both as a student or now professor. I'd like to have a bit more concrete examples of how professors structure their office hours or utilise them best. Often when I leave it up to students to come, they either don't or they come with very general, wishy-washy questions because they feel they have to say something. I'd like to have more training for office hours both for me and my students. Great topic, very relevant to me. I’ve always been one that really never liked office hours, both as a student or now professor. I’d like to have a bit more concrete examples of how professors structure their office hours or utilise them best. Often when I leave it up to students to come, they either don’t or they come with very general, wishy-washy questions because they feel they have to say something.

I’d like to have more training for office hours both for me and my students.

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