Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)

by Jessamyn Neuhaus

Once we have our short list of what students should learn how to do and why they should learn how to do it, we must figure out how students will demonstrate/prove they’ve learned it. And we must be specific. What assignments, tests, or projects, specifically, will document their learning? And how? How will you assess it? “I’ll know it when I see it” is not fair to students. They deserve to know what we expect them to do and how they will show they can do it, and they deserve a clear and concise explanation. It boils down to telling students why. Why they’re doing this, why you’ve assigned that, why, why, why. We’re not the man behind the curtain trying to flimflam students into learning. Tell them what they are learning how to do, and how they will learn to do it.