pingo: peer instruction in very large groups
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INGOPeer Instruction for very large groups
Wolfgang Reinhardt, Michael Sievers, Johannes Magenheim, Dennis Kundisch, Philipp Herrmann, Marc Beutner and Andrea Zoyke
University of Paderbornhttp://pingo.upb.de [email protected]
What is Peer Instruction
• cooperative teaching-learning strategy
• similar to ask-the-audience lifeline in Who want’s to be a Millionaire?
• substantially enhanced learning success
• several empirical and anecdotalevidences (see our papers on the topic)
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
Brief introduction lecture (10 - 15 minutes)
Multiple choice questionStudents vote
correct answers30% - 80%
correct answers< 30%
correct answers> 80%
Peer discussion (2 -3 mins): students try to convince each other
Another version of the introduction lecture
Short discussion about remaining
misconceptions
new topic
repeat the voting
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
General Process of PI
PI in very large groups (300+ students)
Several reasons preventing widespread use of PI in very large groups
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
5.Installation
6.Configuration
7.Exclusive use
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
1. High one-off expenditure
An existing course design must be adapted to the use of the PI method.
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
2. Catalog of questions
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
Except for some areas of natural science there are no existing and freely available or purchasable catalogs of questions that can be used with the PI method
3. Clickers
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
Distributing and collecting the clickers in courses with about 100 students is very complex; at present it is impossible in courses with over 250 students. The risk that clickers are forgotten, lost or taken is rising with increasing group size.
4. Costs
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
The clickers and especially the receiving device are very expensive.
5. Installation
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
First, an extensive installation of software on the laptop of the lecturer is required. In addition, the software installation is not possible for all operating systems and the integration of the application in Microsoft PowerPoint does not work in all existing versions of Microsoft Office
6. Configuration
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
The preparation of the very detailed configurable software for the usage in a lecture causes high setup costs for lecturers. Moreover, the usage of the software cannot be adapted dynamically during the lecture.
7. Exclusive use
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
The use is exclusive, i.e. when the clicker are being used in a lecture, they cannot be used in another lecture or course.
PI in very large groups (300+ students)
1.High one-off expenditure
2.Catalog of questions
3.Clickers
4.Costs
5.Installation
6.Configuration
7.Exclusive use
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups
reasons that PI is still
not widespread used
in large groups
PINGO
Let’s give it a try ...
http://pingo.upb.de/6837
INGO: Peer Instruction for very large groups