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Tag: active learning
Having students work in small groups might improve learning
However, the frequency matters. Otherwise, there’s almost no benefit.
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Escaping the “Covering Content” Narrative
If you want to make your course learner-centered, we have some ideas.
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Metacognitive Training May Improve General Chemistry Student’s Study Strategies
A metacognitive intervention teaching General Chemistry students effective study skills led to students identify effective practices and may have improved performance in the course.
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Men participate more in active learning classes
Even though there were more women in the class, participation was not more equitable.
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POGIL Teaching Strategy Improves Student Performance in Large Introductory Chemistry Class
POGIL teaching strategies, where students work in groups to construct there own understanding of material from open ended questions, was shown to improve student performance in introductory chemistry courses.
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What type of instruction do student expect in their intro STEM courses?
If you guessed lecture, you would be correct. However, students also expect some non-lecturing.
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Meeting Bloom’s 2 sigma challenge with research-validated strategies
A combination of research-validated teaching methods can produce learning outcomes at a higher than 2 sigma level compared to traditional lecture.
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How TAs Make a Difference in the Classroom
A recent paper suggests that graduate teaching assistant behaviors in the classroom significantly impact how well students do in their courses and hence, training teaching assistants on best practices in science education is important.
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