Speaking Effectively part of State Your Case
Students are often asked to develop and support a point of view in an oral presentation, either individually or in groups. While effective oral arguments have much in common with effective written arguments, they ...

General Resources for Instructional Innovation part of State Your Case
Below are links to a variety of sites that offer examples and resources to support faculty seeking new ideas to improve pedagogy, assignments, grading, assessment, and other aspects of their instruction. CLA in ...

Clinics part of State Your Case
Clinics provide an opportunity for instructors to work together for an hour or two on project-related teaching and assessment materials for their "demonstration courses," with assistance from one or more ...

Rubrics part of State Your Case
Rubrics are perhaps the most widely-used classroom assessment instrument. They are a very effective way to provide systematic evidence of student learning, using direct observations of student work. When shared ...

Presenting Slides or Posters part of State Your Case
Many assignments require students to support their arguments visually, using PowerPoint slides, posters, or other visual materials. Visual design, poster, and PowerPoint resources - Rice University An excellent ...

Evaluating Evidence part of State Your Case
The ability to evaluate evidence is essential both to assessing the merits of others' arguments and to developing a convincing argument of one's own. Evaluating evidence - Portland Community College A ...

Welcome to the State Your Case! Project part of State Your Case
State Your Case was a three-year inter-institutional project focused on helping students learn how to develop and support a point of view in any disciplinary or interdisciplinary field.

State Your Case! Summer 2009 Workshop: part of State Your Case
Participant List Updated 08-11-09 Email alias for all facilitators and participants:syc-workshop09@stolaf.edu Workshop facilitators: Adrienne Christiansen, Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Political ...

Workshops part of State Your Case
State Your Case! workshops are offered two or three times a year. Many are led by faculty or consultants from other institutions. Locations will rotate among the three institutions, but all St. Olaf, Carleton, and ...

Welcome part of State Your Case
About the State Your Case! Project How often have you read a student paper, led a class discussion, graded an essay, or listened to a student presentation, and thought, "There's potential here, but ...