{"id":7201,"date":"2017-06-09T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T00:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/?p=7201"},"modified":"2017-06-09T17:27:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T00:27:44","slug":"mathematician-daniel-rockwells-passion-effective-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/2017\/06\/mathematician-daniel-rockwells-passion-effective-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematician Dan Rockwell&#8217;s passion for teaching hooks students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7090\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7090\" data-attachment-id=\"7090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2017\/05\/Dan-Rockwell.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2017\/05\/Dan-Rockwell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"885,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dan Rockwell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Daniel Rockwell will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Mathematics, September 16, 2017.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2017\/05\/Dan-Rockwell-516x700.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2121\/files\/2017\/05\/Dan-Rockwell-755x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-7090\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/impact\/files\/2017\/05\/Dan-Rockwell-516x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"469\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Daniel Rockwell will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Mathematics, September 16, 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mathematics instructor Daniel Rockwell was recently featured in a new semi-monthly feature by <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/ncs\/lifeatosu\/\">LIFE@OSU<\/a> and the<a href=\"http:\/\/ctl.oregonstate.edu\/\"> Center for Teaching and Learning<\/a> highlighting successful teaching on campus. Below is <a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/dept\/ncs\/lifeatosu\/2017\/center-for-teaching-learning-profile-daniel-rockwell\/\">the original interview<\/a> in its entirety. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Describe your teaching style:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My teaching style heavily relies on the philosophy that people pay attention to things that are entertaining.\u00a0 If I want my students to pay attention to what I am saying then I need to be entertaining while I say it.\u00a0 The questions I ask myself when planning content delivery are\u2026 how can I make this interesting? How can I get my students to feel interested? What tools can I use to make the material engaging? How do I do all of this in a short period of time?<\/p>\n<p>I think what stands out to students about my teaching style is best represented by a quote from a letter that was left under my door by a student; \u201cYou make the material easy to understand. You make Calculus in three dimensions seem not only doable, but also exciting.\u00a0 You increase each student\u2019s self-esteem and desire to learn through your teaching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How has your teaching changed over time?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I first started teaching I had minimal formal training on how to be an effective teacher.\u00a0 I felt confident in my abilities in the classroom but I wanted to improve my ability to plan my courses better.\u00a0 I heard about a learning community called the Teaching Triads that the Center for Teaching and Learning delivers.\u00a0 This professional learning community definitely improved my teaching practice.\u00a0 I have become more cognizant of listening to my students and responding to their needs.\u00a0 I have spent more time reflecting on how I feel about how my class went each day.\u00a0 I have given more thought to the planning of a particular topic.\u00a0 When combined with revision over time and metacognition these items help the teacher become an extremely effective teaching tool.<\/p>\n<p>I have participated in the CTL\u2019s Teaching Triad program multiple times, I am currently in the PLC on LC\u2019s, I have attended at least four learning symposia, and I have been part of a group that is supported by the CTL (Math department redevelopment of MTH 111 with Cub).\u00a0 I want to tell my OSU colleagues that working with the CTL is rewarding and the reward outweighs the time you need to invest to participate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What was your role as a CTL teaching scholar? In what ways did you support CTL?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a teaching scholar I was part of the planning process for the PLC. \u00a0I met with CTL faculty to map out the entire PLC and we met weekly to finalize the plan for each week. \u00a0Early in the PLC we decided that we needed to film a series of videos focusing on how the teaching triad observation process works. \u00a0We recorded two sessions in a studio and one of my class sessions was recorded. 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