Pursuing Mastery

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, shares his thoughts on cold calling (hint: don’t do it) as well as great techniques for building an active but supportive learning environment in your classroom.

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Positive findings

Dallimore, E. J., Hertenstein, J. H., & Platt, M. B. (n.d.). Nonvoluntary class participation in graduate discussion courses: Effects of grading and cold calling. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Nonvoluntary+class+participation+in+graduate+discussion+courses%3A+Effects+of+grading+and+cold+calling&btnG=

Dallimore, E., H. Hertenstein, J., & Platt, M. (2013). Impact of Cold-Calling on Student Voluntary Participation. Journal of Management Education, 37, 305–341. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Impact+of+Cold-Calling+on+Student+Voluntary+Participation&btnG=

Negative findings

Antonios, Caitlin. (2017, May 16). How Cold-Calling Hinders Student Learning Experience. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from New University website:  https://www.newuniversity.org/2017/05/16/how-cold-calling-hinders-student-learning-experience/

Carstens, B. A. (2015). The Effects of Voluntary versus Cold-calling Participation on Class Discussion and Exam Performance in Multiple Sections of an Educational Psychology Undergraduate Course (PhD diss., University of Tennessee). Retrieved July 25, 2019, from  https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/3402

Rocca, Kelly A. “Student Participation in the College Classroom: An Extended Multidisciplinary Literature Review.” Communication Education 59, no. 2 (April 2010): 185–213. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Student+Participation+in+the+College+Classroom%3A+An+Extended+Multidisciplinary+Literature+Review&btnG=

Informed opinions

Kohn, A. (2016, January 29). Your Hand’s Not Raised? Too Bad: I’m Calling on You Anyway. Retrieved July 25, 2019, from Alfie Kohn website:  https://www.alfiekohn.org/blogs/hands/

Boucher, Nellie. “Tip 2: Warm Calling.” Accessed July 25, 2019.  Retrieved July 25, 2019, from https://www.amherst.edu/offices/center-teaching-learning/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/amherst-college-teaching-tips/tip-2-warm-calling

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with the amazing Kristi Riordan, Flatiron School's COO, about her approach to thriving in a growth organization and how pressure can drive personal growth.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with Rishi Tirumala, one of our amazing Lead Instructors, about his experience teaching here.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with James Quick, a software developer and teacher, about his LearnBuildTeach platform and his work in a bootcamp.

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Learn VS Code (James’ Udemy course):

Build a Quiz App with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript course:

LearnBuildTeach:

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Educational Development, speaks with Ryan Ghaida, a Software Engineering Coach at Flatiron's Access Labs Brooklyn campus, about his Anxiety Alchemist workshop and how he helps students cope with stress.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Educational Development, gives advice on why and how to check your students' understanding.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School’s Director of Teacher Training, talks with Jane Lunnon, Head of Wimbledon High School and brilliant UK educator, about authentic experience, learning from failure, and finding balance in our technological lives.

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The State of Independence book:

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Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, gives advice on handling difficult conversations with struggling students.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, talks with Avi Flombaum, Flatiron's Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, and gamification and game design for learning.

Sean Dagony-Clark, Flatiron School's Director of Teacher Training, talks with David James, a respected teacher and writer from the UK, about stress and its effects on learning and motivation.

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