Getting to Know My Students
Finding ways to engage students may begin with learning more about your students: who are they and what ideas and conceptions about the subject matter are they bringing with them on the first day of your course?
Who are DePaul students?
- Demographic characteristics of DePaul students (OIPR)
- Admission profile of new students (OIPR)
Millennial Students
Getting to know the students in your class
- Assessing students’ prior understandings
- Learning students’ names from the National Teaching and Learning Forum.
- Ice-breakers for the first day from University of Hawaii Honolulu.
- Engage students in a lecture
- Change-up sampler from Indiana University.
- FAQ's and Resources from the Penn State Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence.
- Large Classes: A Teaching Guide from the University of Maryland Center for Teaching Excellence.
DePaul Resources
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