IN & BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

" . .  a study of six thousand physics students compared classes using passive lecture to classes using interactive techniques that alloed for discussion among students and between the professor and students. The study showed that studens in classes that used interactive approaches rather than lecture learned twice as much."

                                                           from:  Ten Easy Ways to Engage Your Students by Gray & Madson 2007

 
Topic 9  -  Fostering learner-centered education in  the classroom: Discussions  

Class topics:

-  How to facilitate effective class discussions
- Other interactive learning techniques for the classroom

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READING PREPARATION:

• In Tools for Teaching, read chapters 9-13

• Other readings:

  • Facilitating Discussion: Posing Problems, Listening, Questioning (Chapter 5 in McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers (College Teaching) 2005

  • Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases  (Michael J. Prince & Richard M. Felder, Journal of Engineering Education 2006)

  • Ten Easy Ways to Engage Your Students Actions for topic - Ten Easy Ways to Engage Your Students  (Tara Gray & Laura Madson 2007 )

  • Cool Calling: A Creative Way to Start  (The Teaching Professor Dec 2009)

  • Grading Rubric for Online Class Discussions (from the OIA)