{"id":2727,"date":"2019-04-03T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T16:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learning.richmond.edu\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T16:10:37","slug":"using-class-preparation-assignments-cpas-to-inform-and-stimulate-class-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/2019\/04\/03\/using-class-preparation-assignments-cpas-to-inform-and-stimulate-class-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Class Preparation Assignments (CPAs) to Inform and Stimulate Class Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em>Student Preparedness Incorporated in<\/em><em>to the Course Design<\/em> author Lynn Gillette (Nicholls State U.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarlyteacher.com\/blog\/studentpreparedness\">describes a surprisingly effective way to improve students preparing for class<\/a>. Her course design involves informal writing assignments (CPA) tied into a definitional grading system. Through references to literature and detailing her own experiences, this article is for anyone looking to ensure students are better motivated to prep themselves for your class.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Preparedness Incorporated into the Course Design author Lynn Gillette (Nicholls State U.) describes a surprisingly effective way to improve students preparing for class. Her course design involves informal writing assignments (CPA) tied into a definitional grading system. Through references to literature and detailing her own experiences, this article is for anyone looking to ensure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61904,86546],"tags":[1138,33],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructional-design","category-teaching-and-learning","tag-pedagogy","tag-teaching"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}