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Active Learning Classrooms and Social Context:

Changing Relationships to Improve Learning 

Paul Baepler, Ph.D.

J.D. Walker , Ph.D.

Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota

ELI Online Fall Focus Session

28 October 2014

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Social context as mechanism:

• Social context – the pattern of relationships in a

classroom – matters to learning (Pascarella &Terenzini, 2005; Tiberius, 1994)

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Social context as mechanism:

" The main th ing the room does -- i t

changes the relationsh ip that facu lty have

w ith stud ents, and the relationsh ip that

students have with one another.“

- an ALC facult y m ember, 2007

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(N = 430. All differences significant at the p < .01 level or better.)

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Social context as mechanism

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Mobile Instructor,

Social Student Video

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Measuring social context

Student-Peerrelations

MysteryFactor

Student-Faculty

relations

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Poll: What is the mys tery factor?

• It feels safe to volunteer an answer in this class, even

if it’s wrong.

• The material covered by the tests and assignments inthis class was presented and discussed in class or

online.

• I can choose how I learn the material for this course.

• In this class, you can learn everything you need toknow by listening to/watching the lectures.

• In this class, I control how much I learn.

(Alpha = .711)

d l

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Testing the mystery factor

Student-peer

relations

Mystery factorStudent-faculty

relations

Self-Efficacy?

“Perceived self -efficacy refersto beliefs in one’s capabilities

to organize and execute the

courses of action required to

produce given attainments.”

Bandura, A. (1994). Self ‐ efficacy .

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

ALC d S i l C

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(N ~ 1070) 

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Initial descriptive findings

Crucial questions:

Is social context… 

1. Stronger/better in ALCs

than in traditional rooms?

2. Associated with desired

student outcomes? 

ALC d S i l C t t

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Socialcontext

Demogs

Perform-ance

Class size,subject,

etc.

 Aptitude

Engagement,enrichment,

etc

Current study: 

1. Large scale data collection, fall

2014

2. Comparative design in a French

literature class, and in General

Chemistry

3. Cross-sectional design in larger

data set, using path analysis to

examine nested causal

relationships

More on this study forthcoming in:

Baepler, Walker, Saichaie, Petersen &

Brooks. (2016.) A guide to teaching in

active learning classrooms: History,

research, and practice. Stylus Publishing.

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ALC d S i l C t t

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Thanks!

http://z.umn.edu/lsr

Paul Baepler, Ph.D. (baepl001@umn.edu)

J.D. Walker, Ph.D. ( jdwalker@umn.edu)

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