Today: Assessment alignment with learning goalsConcepTests, Clicker demoActive learning environmentsOther active engagement Readings discussion?Group/individual work time; prepare materials

04 Active LearningWednesday, August 14, 2013 12:37 PM

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Assessments communicate your intent.If you test them on facts, that is what they will study.

Learning goal(where are you going?)From previous activity

Likely student prior knowledge/misconceptions (Where are you at?)

Example learning activity = formative assessment (How are you going to get there?)

Summative / formative assessment question (Are we there yet?)Write an exam question

Group work: for each of your learning objectives, construct the following.

Active Learning TechniquesClickers

Sage on the stage Traditional approach Teacher -centered

Vs

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Clicker Demo

http://ww w.colorado.edu/oit/tutorial/cuclickers-windows-download-and-setup

Stephanie Chasteen presentation 2014

Vs

Guide on the side Constructivist approach Student-centered

Ambrose, Susan A. How Learning Works: Seven Research-based Principles for Smart Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010.Mazur, Eric. Peer Instruction: a User’s Manual. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1997.Practical Advice:Prince, Michael. “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research.” Journal of Engineering Education 93, no. 3 (2004): 223–231. doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00809.x.

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Active Learning Overview:Why use clickers? Why ask questions in class? Why not just tell students what they need to know?

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http://STEMvideos.colorado.edu

Private Universe - Homework to watch video?

Mazur, Eric. Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1997.

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Not all questions have right answers, but can elicit thinking and discussion

Private Universe - Homework to watch video?

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Not all questions have right answers, but can elicit thinking and discussion

To ask sensitive questions, guarantee anonymity by exchanging clickersE.g: rate this instructor

Possible Problems with Clickers

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Guided Discussion ExampleHow would you measure whether active learning techniques are effective? Compared to traditional lectures.

Not covered; for future reference:Other forms of active learning:

Introducing student activity into the traditional lecture:

"minute" papersPartial problems solved, worksheets

(can be individual activities)

Think-pair-shareGroup minute papers. Solve part of a longer problem.Notes reviewClickers

Collaborative learning

“Once a problem has been posed, different instructional methods may beused to facilitate the subsequent learning process: lecturing, instructor facilitateddiscussion, guided decision making, or cooperative learning. Aspart of the problem-solving process, student groups can be assigned tocomplete any of the learning tasks listed above, either in or out of class. In thelatter case, three approaches may be adopted to help the groups stay on trackand to monitor their progress: (1) give the groups written feedback after eachtask; (2) assign a tutor or teaching assistant to each group, or (3) create fully

Woods, D., R Felder, A. Rugarcia, and J. Stice, “The Future ofautonomous, self-assessed “tutorless” groups"

Engineering Education. III. Developing Critical Skills,” Chemical EngineeringEducation, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2000, pp. 108–117

Features mini-lectures on demand.

Prince, Michael. “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research.” Journal of Engineering

Problem/Project based learning (PBL)

Minute paper: What is the most important thing you learned today?What are you still confused about?

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Prince, Michael. “Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research.” Journal of Engineering Education 93, no. 3 (2004): 223–231. doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2004.tb00809.x.

See 04 B Cooperative Learning notes

Active Learning Classrooms (CL)

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