Browsing by Author "Cattani, Dana"

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Active Learning Revision Clinics for the Intensive-Writing Classroom
(2019) Cattani, Dana; Rodak, Miranda
This instructor’s guide provides educators with a series of active-learning-based lesson plans designed to teach concrete revision strategies. These lessons focus on empowering students to become autonomous editors of their own and others’ writing by addressing their skill gaps in identifying weak, underperforming writing and revising it for strategic impact. The lesson plans, templates, and accompanying notes we provide are rooted in active learning pedagogy – the philosophy that students acquire skills more effectively when they engage directly in the learning process in a hands-on way.
A Classroom of Her Own: How New Teachers Develop Instructional, Professional, and Cultural Competence
(Corwin Press, 2002) Cattani, Dana
Email Decision Tree
(2020) Cattani, Dana
This graphic guides email writers to send concise, purposeful messages to the most appropriate recipients only--and to avoid sending irritating or harmful messages that can undermine credibility.
For Students, By Students: Ignite Peer-to-Peer Content Development (Exam Review Assignment Sheet)
(2019-10-24) Cattani, Dana; Rodak, Miranda
This assignment, designed for undergraduates, helps students synthesize and teach key writing concepts to their peers. Based on active learning pedagogy, it borrows from PechaKucha speed presentations as well as The New York Times' Vocabulary Video contest.
For Students, By Students: Ignite Peer-to-Peer Content Development (Instructor Notes)
(2019-10-24) Cattani, Dana; Rodak, Miranda
These Instructor Notes outline a possible lesson plan for the Review Video Slides.
For Students, By Students: Ignite Peer-to-Peer Content Development (Video)
(2020) Cattani, Dana; Rodak, Miranda
This brief video presentation outlines the rationale for the "For Students, By Students" Exam Review Assignment, explains the process, and provides examples of student work.
Time to ROAM: Segmenting Markets by Lead-time to Support Mass Customization
(2020) Cattani, Dana; Cattani, Kyle
This case highlights the capacity dilemma facing any mass-customization manufacturer: How can it offer rapid fulfillment on made-to-order products at a competitive cost? Situated at the intersection of operations and marketing, the case describes ROAM, a startup luggage company that offers customized suitcases delivered within a few days. To manage costs, ROAM must utilize factory time and human resources efficiently. However, demand is unpredictable. On the factory floor, employees often either scramble to process a backlog or sit idle waiting for orders. To smooth production and increase efficiency, ROAM CEO Larry Lein wants to supplement the current base of time-sensitive customers wtih a new market segment: time-insensitive customers. These new customers would get a discount for waiting longer to receive their custom suitcases. In this scenario, the factory manager could prioritize time-insensitive orders first and fill in the production schedule with the discounted time-insensitive orders. In the case, Larry Lein asks his director of marketing to increase orders by identifying time-insensitive customers from an entirely new market segment.
Turnaround at TMC Jets: Decide, Do and Deliver
(2020-02) Cattani, Dana; Dodyk, Phil
This case considers a struggling private aviation charter company from the perspective of its new leader, Phil Dodyk. As president and then CEO, Dodyk faces challenges with the sales culture and incentive structure, flight operations, labor relations, maintenance inefficiencies, and ultimately a merger & acquisition.