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Tag: active learning

July 27, 2022 Nick Young

Visuals and embedded questions seem to be make educational videos effective

Both need to be present in the video to get the intended effect.

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November 17, 2021 Nick Young

Having students work in small groups might improve learning

However, the frequency matters. Otherwise, there’s almost no benefit.

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February 17, 2021 Nick Young

Escaping the “Covering Content” Narrative

If you want to make your course learner-centered, we have some ideas.

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November 4, 2020 Emily Kerr

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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August 19, 2020 Nick Young

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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June 24, 2020 Emily Kerr

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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January 22, 2020 Nick Young

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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November 26, 2019 Prasanth

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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October 16, 2019 Briley Lewis

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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