I've just added a week-level planning assignment for my intro course. I'm basically piloting it as extra credit for now, but I may make it a regular assignment once the kinks are worked out.
I have two questions about your implementation. First, do students ever push back against handing you their full personal schedule? For the time being, I've only asked them to plan their work for my course and, while they should work around obligations like jobs, family, etc., they don't need to identify those for me. Your activity is more comprehensive and I could imagine a student feeling it was intrusive.
Second, a plan needs review, so I've included an activity where they reflect on the week's plan, how well the plan fit the work they needed to do, how well it fit the other things that had priority in their lives, and how well they stuck to the plan (and if they didn't, why not). It sounds like you bring them back to the plan if they're having problems, but do you have them do other assessments of the plan anyway?
Thanks for this, and I'm definitely adding a link to your spreadsheet for any students who are interested in the more detailed work!
I've just added a week-level planning assignment for my intro course. I'm basically piloting it as extra credit for now, but I may make it a regular assignment once the kinks are worked out.
I have two questions about your implementation. First, do students ever push back against handing you their full personal schedule? For the time being, I've only asked them to plan their work for my course and, while they should work around obligations like jobs, family, etc., they don't need to identify those for me. Your activity is more comprehensive and I could imagine a student feeling it was intrusive.
Second, a plan needs review, so I've included an activity where they reflect on the week's plan, how well the plan fit the work they needed to do, how well it fit the other things that had priority in their lives, and how well they stuck to the plan (and if they didn't, why not). It sounds like you bring them back to the plan if they're having problems, but do you have them do other assessments of the plan anyway?
Thanks for this, and I'm definitely adding a link to your spreadsheet for any students who are interested in the more detailed work!
Very helpful. ❤️