I've wondered a lot of things lately...
--- Who To Challenge?: One would be that I fear I'm catering my classes to those who "clearly don't care" rather than those who "somewhat care and want to be challenged." Oddly, the first group, right now, is typically males making the latter female. And, during this semester, I've noticed 2/3 of my on-campus classes contain talkative females = another oddity.
--- Spoon-Feeding: Do I somehow give students the option to not think? When they email me questions, am I giving away too much? Should they be trying to figure out more of it on their own? I mean, I give a lot of details - some students have said my handouts are too detailed. So, essentially, the information is there, man. Read it. Read it again. Then read it to your parrot.
--- Spicing It Up: I've been really using up those Reading Activities I created, and I'd like to think they are working. I think my students are reading the material more than students have in the past when I've just said, "Read X" and not given them an accompanying reading activity. I think. It's only a hunch. Since I didn't quiz everyone before, I have no statistics to compare the current reading activity grades to.
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