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Interactive Teaching Preparing Future Faculty Retreat Christina Petersen, PhD [email protected]

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Interactive Teaching

Preparing Future Faculty RetreatChristina Petersen, PhD

[email protected]

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It began as a competition!

Univ. of British Columbia website www.iontrap.umd.edu/group_members/index.html

vs.Award-winning professor and Nobel laureate

Plucky Postdoc

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Regular Physics Class Lecture

LectureInteractive teaching methodsWeek 12

Force Concept

Inventory

Weeks 1-11

Week XX

L Deslauriers et al. Science

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Fig. 1 Histogram of student scores for the two sections.

L Deslauriers et al. Science 2011;332:862-864

Published by AAAS

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Learning is the goal of teaching

Learning can’t be measured

Active learning requires students do something

Choose the “do” wisely

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Learning is the goal of teaching.

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How do you know if your students have learned something?

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You can only measure what students do.

• Performance on a quiz or exam• Essay, report or other writing• Quality of feedback in discussions• Facial expressions, body language

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Three definitions that will aid your understanding of the rest of this presentation.

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1. Learning: Learning is a significant change in capability, understanding, knowledge, practices, attitudes or values.

Write this definition down in your handout.

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2. Active learning: Active learning is an instructional method that engages students in the learning process.

Translate this definition into your own words and write it down.

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3. Classroom assessment techniques: are mostly simple, non-graded, in-class activities that gather useful feedback on the teaching-learning process from all of your students.

Turn to the person next to you and discuss your understanding of this definition.

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Classroom Assessment #1

1. Turn over your piece of paper with your definitions.

2. Which of these three definitions do you feel most comfortable with i.e. feel like you understand?A. LearningB. Active learningC. Classroom Assessment Techniques

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Active learning is an instructional method that engages students in the learning process.

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Advantages of active learning for students.

• Active learning leads to improved retention of material

• Active learning leads to improved student thinking and writing

• Active learning leads to better student attitudes

Summarized from Prince, 2006

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Advantages of active learning for teachers.

• Active learning allows instructors to quickly gain valuable feedback on their students learning.

• Active learning provides a “break” for instructors to reflect and recover.

• Active learning can make teaching more enjoyable.

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Choose your “do” wisely.

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Examples of active learning.

1. Discussion Large group Small group

2. Active Lecturing Note sharing

3. Classroom Assessment Techniques Sample exam question

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Examples of active learning.

1. Discussion Large group Small group

2. Active Lecturing Note sharing

3. Classroom Assessment Techniques Sample exam question

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What are the advantages & disadvantages of a large group discussion?

Advantages:• Greater diversity of ideas/opinions• Students can potentially hear from more people• Allows instructor to pause and take pulseDisadvantages:• Easy for students to withdraw• Challenging for introverted students• Doesn’t give instructor pulse of all

Your handout

has a reading

about

facilitating

discussions

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What are the advantages and disadvantages of small group discussions?

Advantages:• All students participate• Reduces feeling of anonymity in large classes• Students can tutor each otherDisadvantages:• May take more time• Students may resist

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Classroom Assessment #2

When did you feel most engaged with the discussion material on discussion?

A. During the large group discussionB. During the small group discussion

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Examples of active learning.

1. Discussion Large group Small group

2. Active Lecturing Note sharing

3. Classroom Assessment Techniques Sample exam question

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The Bookends Model illustrates how active learning can be incorporated into a lecture.

Karl Smith

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Karl Smith

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Class design template

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Activity – Identify a portion of your teaching that you would like to make more active.

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Examples of active learning.

1. Discussion Large group Small group

2. Active Lecturing Note sharing

3. Classroom Assessment Techniques Sample exam question

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Classroom assessment techniques are:

mostly simple, non-graded, in-class activities that gather useful feedback on the teaching-learning process from all of your students.

Classroom Assessment Techniques National Teaching and Learning Forum

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Skills, processes, and engagement can be assessed.

• Mastery of concepts or skills• Course processes like small group work or

your teaching• Student engagement

E = MC2

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CATs are useful for faculty.

• Provides feedback in time to make corrections• Provides information quickly• Communicates to students that you care

about their learning

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CATs are useful for students.

• Gives them a meta view of their own learning• Provides them feedback to alter study habits• Provides evidence that the instructor cares

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Your CAT should contain all three components below.

Gather information

from ALL students

Evaluate student

responses

Communicate results to students

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Sample exam Question

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Which of the following patients would you assign to the LPN?

A. A new admit from the ERB. A patient with a blood pressure of 150/90C. A patient to be discharged later todayD. A surgical patient just arrived from the

recovery room

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This work is from which culture?

A. SumerianB. MycenaeanC. EtruscanD. Minoan

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The diagram shows a wheel rolling without slipping along a horizontal road, from left to right. A piece of mud on the rim becomes detached at M when the contact between wheel and road is at P. Which of the Arrows, A, B, C, D, E best shows the initial direction of the path followed by the detached particle?

There are

more

examples

of CATs in

your

handout

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The Bookends Model illustrates how Classroom Assessment Techniques can be incorporated into a lecture.

Karl Smith

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Tips for implementing active learning techniques.

• Begin on day one

• Start small

• Tell students why they are doing it

• Expect some resistance

• Create more class time

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Activity – Design an active learning approach for the portion of your teaching that you would like to make more active. Describe this to your partner.

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Learning is the goal of teaching

Learning can’t be measured

Active learning requires students do something

Choose the “do” wisely