Sessions Information

  • January 7, 2016
    3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
    Session Type: Section Pedagogy Programs
    Session Capacity: 270
    Hotel: Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
    Room: Empire West
    Floor: Second Floor
    This panel will describe pedagogy techniques informed by current knowledge of cognitive science and student performance. First, faculty and students’ knowledge about the “growth mindset” can help new and experienced law teachers improve student learning. The panel will discuss how students can improve their performance by adopting a growth mindset. Second, student performance can also be improved when teachers use team-based learning techniques. Students working with team-based learning techniques come alive in the classroom! The panelists will outline teamwork skills to enhance in-class learning, using a sequence of steps to make collaborative learning effective. Team-based learning can follow a model of individual work, followed by teamwork, followed by feedback. Lastly, legal-writing professors create language as they model analysis and teach through worked examples of the writing process. The panelists will address building a useful vocabulary and pairing it with examples-based learning in first-year classes and beyond.
Session Speakers
St. John's University School of Law
Moderator

University of North Dakota School of Law
Speaker

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law
Speaker

University of Wisconsin Law School
Speaker

Session Fees
  • 4290 Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research: $0.00