Knowing this, I walked into the first class session with my goof factor fully suppressed, and my game face on.
During the first class session of my introductory course in cultural anthropology, I always ask how many students speak a foreign language.
Recruitment was conducted by the lead author (LPG) during the first class session.
For the traditional section, during the first class session of the week, students had a face-to-face lecture.
In each semester, at the first class session, students were invited to participate anonymously in our study on a voluntary basis that had no bearing on class grade.
During the first class session, the students form three or four teams of four to six students each, and they elect a program leader as well as three or four project leaders, one per project team.
If one wants to convey to students that the course is about learning biology, then reading the syllabus and spending the first class session discussing how grades are assigned is incongruous.
On most days, the campers — a mix from all over the country, as well as Mexico, Canada and the Upper East Side — are out the door of the Y by 8 30 a.m., on their way to their first class or session with someone plugged in.
Examples of each category were found in more than one-third of all class sessions taught by either Instructor A or B. A Pearson's chi-square test was used to measure differences between Instructor A and Instructor B. These differences in usage by instructor were limited to two of the five categories: Explaining Pedagogical Choices (p ≤ 0.05) and Sharing Personal Experiences (p ≤ 0.001).
During the first class of the cooking session at Westchester Community College, Ms. Marmor's goal was to teach students of all ages a variety of basic cooking skills while preparing a relatively straightforward dinner: minestrone, salad with vinaigrette, grilled chicken and roasted asparagus and potatoes; dessert was strawberries dipped in chocolate.
