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Active Student Learning at the Introductory Level
Nayana BoseCenter for Teaching
The Classic Model
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Cover Material
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STRESS
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Comfort in the Familiar
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How Students Think• All students are visual learners• Attention span of 15 – 20 minutes• Brain processes information in categories• Students cannot multitask • Debrief them after an activity
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Starting a New Topic
• Pose a problem • Case study – Real world problem• Know student’s thoughts and misconceptions • Video, film, news clip – follow up with
questions
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Participation
• Explain why you want them to participate • Encourage participation – structure debate• Allow other students to answer questions • Ask questions throughout -
thought-provoking counterintuitive
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Problem Solving
• Think – Pair – Share• Write a question• Illustrative quotations• Slides/Maps/handouts – ask them what they
see before you tell them what you see
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Varying the Format
• Brainstorming• Case Discussion -
Large number of right answersShow how experts solve problemsAbstract theory in real world setting
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Pre-Class Assignments
• Assign texts, videos, audio lectures• Online exercise before class• Explain why you are doing this• Class – Discussions
Case StudiesProblem solving –
Think+Pair+Share • Follow up
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Follow Up
• Minute Paper• Muddiest Point• Discussion Boards• Concept Maps
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Activity
• Choose a topic that you would like to teach • Write down your plan to teach it over a few
classes. 10 – 12 minutes.• Form a group of 4.• Explain your plan (and your reasoning) to your
group.
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Links to Teaching Guides on Flipped Class and Large Lectures
• http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/teaching-activities/flipping-the-classroom/
• http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/preparing-to-teach/teaching-large-classes/