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Enhancing Classroom Participation Through Active Learning Strategies

This presentation by Dr. Andrew Young from Kutztown University highlights the importance of active learning in fostering student engagement in the classroom. Dr. Young discusses various questioning techniques, including multiple-choice and open-ended questions, as well as methodologies for collecting student responses. Emphasizing the need for immediate feedback and anonymous participation, he explores the integration of technology such as personal response systems. The session concludes with the understanding that active participation is key to effective learning and offers strategies to support this goal in diverse classroom settings.

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Enhancing Classroom Participation Through Active Learning Strategies

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  1. Active Learning PresentationClassroom Participation: Transfer Paradigm Dr. Andrew Young Department Physical Sciences Kutztown University Tuesday, 4/19/2005

  2. Dean Edward Simpson • How old is he? • A: 30-35 • B: 36-40 • C: 41-45 • D: 46-50 • E: 51-55

  3. What is Hotter? • A red star or a blue star? A B

  4. Blue is hotter. • Contrary to what you might find on a faucet, blue stars are hotter stars... while red stars are cooler stars. �

  5. Spiral and Elliptical Galaxies • Spirals Ellipticals �

  6. Asking questions.... • Why is this important? • It is simply not enough to tell your audience to ask questions. • You must also ask questions of them! • Find out what they know. • Find out what they do not know. • Let them hear what others think (usually done anonymously). • Discuss the answer with them. �

  7. Getting answers... • How long will this process take? • The process will take time. You have to ask, you have to let them think, then you have to answer, then discuss the answer, and hopefully, generate a question from them. • Won’t this take time from my lecture? • Yes. The emphasis placed here is investing time to understand the material. �

  8. Types of Questions • Multiple choice/True False. • Open ended questions. • On the spot analysis questions. �

  9. Methodology • Polling (colored flash card, close eyes and raise hands). • Quick and no paperwork, but unrecordable. • Written response. Everyone hands in paper. • Can reveal answers to everyone anonymously, take attendance, and recordable, but lots of paperwork and response time can be slow. �

  10. Methodology • Personal response system (remote clickers). • Fast, recordable, anonymous, real time response. • Not suitable for open ended. Technology investment (equipment and time to learn to use it). • Dr. Ed Vitz--> Teachnology Grant (2005-2006). • faculty.kutztown.edu/vitz • Then click on: Classroom Responder Systems �

  11. Conclusion • Getting students to communicate and talk to you is key to their learning. • Variety of ways exist that allow students to participate anonymously. • The best technique is the one that allows for the most student response and understanding. • Balanced against the needs of your class... • and the time requirements placed on you.�

  12. References • Peer Instruction for Astronomy, Green, P. J.,2003 • Strategies for Astro 101, Slater, T. and Adams, J., 2003 • What The Best College Teachers Do, Bain, K. 2004 • Thank you! �

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