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02/16/10, Peer Instruction in Large Classes - Almanac, Vol. 56, No. 22 - 1 views

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shared by Newman Lanier on 16 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Newman Lanier on 16 Feb 10
     
    "I start with a brief explanation of the next concept or topic. I then present the students with a short puzzle or problem incorporating this concept. The students discuss the problem in small groups of 2-4, and then vote using polling hardware or "clickers" similar to TV remotes. After everyone has voted, the results appear on the screen at the front of the class. A well-chosen problem is one for which about 70% of the students get the right answer"
  • Newman Lanier on 16 Feb 10
     
    Faculty explains using the 'Peer Instruction' technique promoted by Eric Mazur of Harvard. The technique uses clickers to facilitate active learning in large classes.
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shared by Newman Lanier on 29 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Lectures are interspersed with conceptual questions, called ConcepTests, designed to expose common difficulties in understanding the material. The students are given one to two minutes to think about the question and formulate their own answers; they then spend two to three minutes discussing their answers in groups of three to four, attempting to reach consensus on the correct answer. This process forces the students to think through the arguments being developed,
    • Newman Lanier
      Newman Lanier on 29 Sep 09
       
      This passage is the fundamental part of Mazur's PI (peer instruction).
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