Welcome to Professor Pam's Home Page 

  

My big goals for my courses:

  • No busy work.  I pledge to you that in every class I teach you will never be required to do stupid assignments that don’t contribute to your learning.  I work hard to make every assignment challenging, interesting, and fun.   I will never ask you to answer the questions at the end of a chapter or other 7th-grade-level assignments.  There is a real learning reason behind every assignment I make. 

 

  • No surprises.   My syllabus for each course is a work of art!  It is long and detailed and is designed to anticipate every question you might have about the course.  There will never be any surprises in my course.  You will know on the first day of class exactly how many quizzes, assignments, finals, major projects, and other types of learning activities will be required throughout the semester.

o       The only changes you will ever see from my syllabus to the actual implementation of the course during the semester will be DELETIONS.  Especially for a course that I haven’t taught before or for which I have made extensive changes in the delivery methods, I reserve the right to change my mind and reduce the workload if needed. 

o       Sometimes during the semester, it becomes clear to me that my chosen methods and assignments aren’t working.  Rather than continue to cause you anxiety, I may drop an assignment (or 2!) to enable you to learn with less stress. 

  • Detailed Schedule/Check Sheet.   One of my biggest goals for each course is providing you with a detailed schedule and check sheet that accompanies the syllabus.  This is our road map for the semester.  If you try to stick to each week’s activities and complete them according to that schedule, you should have no problems at all doing well in the course. 

o       Another major advantage of the check sheet is that you can keep track of your scores and grades as the semester progresses.   The My Grades option in eCampus is somewhat difficult to manage, so this is my back-up plan.  You should always be able to “do the math” and determine exactly how many points you have accumulated to date and, based on the info in the Assessment section of the syllabus, you can easily determine your percentage grade and letter grade so far. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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