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Active Learning: Motivational, Cognitive and Instructional Perspectives – Lessons from an Intervention Study and Theory
Kim Jesper Herrmann
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Outline
› Background› Theories of learning› Student-centred teaching› Questions
› Methods› Results
› Quantitative› Qualitative
› Discussion› Implications
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BACKGROUND
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Challenge for modern universities
› Elite university mass university
› Active learners vs. passive spectators (Rocca, 2010)
› To integrate less academically orientated students
› Increased focus on ‘active’ learning in HE (Lea et al., 2003)
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Constructivism
› Knowledge cannot be transmitted …
› but is individually constructed …
› and socially negotiated …
› within a given (academic) discourse
Individualistic experiences,
perceptions, and constructions do not
mean that it is impossible for
individuals to construct essentially
the same understanding for any
object or event in the external world.
Common understandings regularly
result from social negotiation of
meaning which is supported by
collaborative construction of
knowledge. Understandings [...] can
be negotiated between learners and
teachers (Jonassen et al., 1993:234,
emphasis added).
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Student Approaches to Learning (SAL)
› ”Establishing concepts or understanding ideas … depends on making links with what we know already and that demands … the conscious attempt to make sense of topics for oneself” (Entwistle 2009:16, emphasis added)
› “The most basic commonality [between theories of learning in higher education] is that meaning is not imposed or transmitted by direct instruction, but is created by the student’s learning activities, well summarised in the term ‘approaches to learning’ “ (Biggs 2012: 42, emphasis added)
› Deep and surface approaches to learning (Marton & Säljö, 1976; Biggs, 1987)
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from Biggs (2012:40)
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Student-centred instructional methods
› “… the process of learning involves active construction and, accordingly, learning should itself be active” (Stewart, 2012:30, emphasis added)
› Common principles of student-centred instructional methods (Lea et al., 2003):› Emphasis on student activity› Focus on dialogue and interaction› Responsibility and independence
› Cooperative learning deep approaches to learning (Millis, 2010)
Case-Based Learning
Cooperative Learning
Problem-Based Learning
Discovery Learning
Collaborative Learning
Reciprocal Teaching
E-learning
Blended Learning
Concept Mapping
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from Biggs (2012:40)
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Questions
› What is the anatomy of approaches to learning in the context of tutorials?
› To what extent does student-centred teaching (cooperative learning) affect the students’ approaches to learning?
› How do students perceive student-centred teaching?
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METHODS
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Intervention
1234567891011…Teaching as usual: Student presentations
Intervention: Cooperative learning
Pre-survey+ interviews
Post-survey+ interviews
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Quantitative methods
› R-SPQ-2F-DA (Lassesen, 2009; Biggs et al. 2001)› Deep approach scale› Surface approach to scale
› Additional questions› In-class participation scale (Rocca,
2010)
› n=142 (pretest-posttest)
› Dependent samples t-test
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Qualitative methods› Data
› 12x2 semi-structured interviews› 338 pages transcription› Coding in Nvivo
› Validation› Inter-coder reliability (100 percent)› Intra-coder reliabiltiy (80-97
percent)› Coherence and confirmability› Quotes (saliency)› (Miles & Huberman, 2005)
› Analytical strategies
› Approaches› Deductive (predefined criteria)› Categorisation (5 surf. / 7 deep)› Between-case comp.› Matrix coding
› Perceptions› Inductive (data-driven codes)› Between-case comp.› Matrix coding
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RESULTS
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Papers
› Paper 1: ‘Cooperative learning in higher education social sciences: A review’
› Paper 2: ‘The impact of cooperative learning on student engagement: Results from an intervention’ (quantitative analysis)
› Paper 3: ‘When student-centred teaching fails: Explaining the relation between approaches to learning, perceptions of the tutorial, and responses to student-centred teaching’ (qualitative analysis)
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Quantitative results
› n=142
› Part. (t[140]=-2.405, p<0.05, r=0.199)
› DA (t[140]=-0.930, p>0.05, r=0.08)
› SA (t[140]=-0.553, p>0.05, r=0.05)
› Partial conclusion
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Approaches
Deep approach Surface approach
Taking notes
Summarises in own words
Writes notes in order to understand
Takes notes of main points
Reproduces verbatin what was said
Writes notes in order to pass exame
Notes as many facts as possible
Listening
Notices what is said (content)
Looks for underlying meaning
Focuses on what is not understood
Compares to own understanding
Notices who says it (tutor vs. peers)
Looks for correct answers
Focuses on what is supposed to be ‘the point’
Disengages when solution is found
Engaging in dialogue
Judges the plausibility of statements
Wonders and asks questions
Comes with questions in mind
Labels statements as right or wrong
Accepts answers without furhter reflection
Empty bucket ready to be filled
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Approaches
Deep approach Surface approach
Taking notes
Summarises in own words
Writes notes in order to understand
Takes notes of main points
Reproduces verbatin what was said
Writes notes in order to pass exame
Notes as many facts as possible
Listening
Notices what is said (content)
Looks for underlying meaning
Focuses on what is not understood
Compares to own understanding
Notices who says it (tutor vs. peers)
Looks for correct answers
Focuses on what is supposed to be ‘the point’
Disengages when solution is found
Engaging in dialogue
Judges the plausibility of statements
Wonders and asks questions
Comes with questions in mind
Labels statements as right or wrong
Accepts answers without furhter reflection
Empty bucket ready to be filled
I definitely take quite a lot of notes myself,
because what other people have written
isn’t normally enough. It might mean
something to them but it doesn’t mean
exactly the same thing to me (Kirsten, DA)
So I listen to what they say and try to write as much as
possible … I spend a huge amount of time writing
things down, yes. I really do. […] It’s also because
we’re going to have to do an exam and we’re allowed
to take our notes with us, so you can search for
information in OneNote [a note-taking program] … and
then you can find exactly what you need … I suppose I
feel it’s really important to get everything written down
… I’m afraid I won’t be able to remember it … actually I
often feel that it’s hard to express things in my own
words … That’s why I feel it’s better to listen to what
people say and write it down in their words. Then I can
understand what they said later on. (Claudia, SA)
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Approaches
Deep approach Surface approach
Taking notes
Summarises in own words
Writes notes in order to understand
Takes notes of main points
Reproduces verbatin what was said
Writes notes in order to pass exame
Notes as many facts as possible
Listening
Notices what is said (content)
Looks for underlying meaning
Focuses on what is not understood
Compares to own understanding
Notices who says it (tutor vs. peers)
Looks for correct answers
Focuses on what is supposed to be ‘the point’
Disengages when solution is found
Engaging in dialogue
Judges the plausibility of statements
Wonders and asks questions
Comes with questions in mind
Labels statements as right or wrong
Accepts answers without furhter reflection
Empty bucket ready to be filled
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Approaches
Deep approach Surface approach
Taking notes
Summarises in own words
Writes notes in order to understand
Takes notes of main points
Reproduces verbatin what was said
Writes notes in order to pass exame
Notes as many facts as possible
Listening
Notices what is said (content)
Looks for underlying meaning
Focuses on what is not understood
Compares to own understanding
Notices who says it (tutor vs. peers)
Looks for correct answers
Focuses on what is supposed to be ‘the point’
Disengages when solution is found
Engaging in dialogue
Judges the plausibility of statements
Wonders and asks questions
Comes with questions in mind
Labels statements as right or wrong
Accepts answers without furhter reflection
Empty bucket ready to be filled
… so I look at my [own] notes and
like try to find out ‘What’s their
answer to this question?’ … ‘Was I
thinking the same thing?’, umm,
and if I wasn’t … then I write it
down and if I don’t feel I’ve
understood what they said I might
ask them at the end … ‘What do
you mean? Is it this?’ (Arthur, DA).
… if you feel that the person giving
a presentation isn’t 100 per cent
on top of things, you might lose a
bit of, umm, incentive to listen
carefully to what they’re saying
[…] so you might as well wait until
Susan [the tutor] takes over and
says the important things //…
people normally believe what they
hear and then rely on it. (Michael,
SA).
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Pedagogical role of tutor
Role of peers
Purpose of the tutorial
Perceptions
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Perceptions
Pedagogical role of tutor
Role of peers
Purpose of the tutorial
… Susan [the tutor] she manages / I mean, I mean that
we cover it all THOROUGHLY … // (IP: What is Susan
good at?) She’s good at putting things clearly and
saying ‘That’s wrong’ and ‘That’s right’ and that kind of
thing. ‘And what I mean is this and that’ […] when a
subject is a bit vague you need some pretty specific
notes, after all […] we have got to do an exam. Umm …
and she’s good at giving you them [notes]. (Kate, SA)
… where the tutor is like in control as far as that’s
necessary and like keeps the teaching on track […]
someone who’s in control but can easily pull back as
well (James, DA)
Knowledgable chairman
Expert authority
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Pedagogical role of tutor
Role of peers
Purpose of the tutorial
It’s also because I feel that what Kurt [the
tutor] says is right … or what the presenter
says is right. If we reach our own conclusions, I
tend to feel that they’re wrong. (Claudia, SA)
It’s interesting to hear other people’s interpretations
and questions, and in many cases they have
different points of focus which you might not have
thought about yourself […] So I think it’s really
interesting (John, DA)
Knowledgable chairman
Academic colleagues
Expert authority
Fellow ignorants
Perceptions
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Expert authority
Fellow ignorants
Small scale, interactive lecture
Pedagogical role of tutor
Role of peers
Purpose of the tutorial
It’s all about going to class
and getting the right
answers. (Kate, SA)
Knowledgable chairman
Academic colleagues
Arena to apply and test understanding
Perceptions
I suppose I also expect that in tutorials
you work with the material in a slightly
different way because you can discuss it
[…] you can play an active part in the
discussions. (Victoria, DA).
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DISCUSSION
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Questions
› What is the anatomy of approaches to learning in the context of tutorials?
› To what extent does student-centred teaching (cooperative learning) affect the students’ approaches to learning?
› How do students perceive student-centred teaching?
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The meaning of ‘activity’
Study
› Cognitive activity≠ behavioral activity
› Quantitative and qualitative aspects
› Quality as understanding
› Strategy coherent with intention
Theory
› Intention and strategy (Marton & Säljö, 1976; Biggs et al., 2001)
› Silence ≠ inactivity (Meyer, 2009)
› Approaches and organised effort (Entwistle, McCune & Hounsell, 2002)
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from Biggs (2012:40)
Symbolic engagement /‘technification’
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The efficacy of student-centred teaching
Study
› Impact of cooperative learning
› Congruence with deep approach ≠ stimulation of deep approaches
Theory
› Review of student-centred instructional methods (Baeten et al., 2010)
› Learning theory ≠ teaching imperatives (Gergen, 2005)
› Constructivist teaching fallacy (Mayer, 2004)
… a challenge facing educational researchers is to discover instructional methods that promote appropriate processing in learners rather than methods that promote hands-on activity or group discussion as ends in themselves (Mayer, 2004:15)
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The role of perceptions
Study› Approaches to learning are
responses to instrucational methods as they are perceived
Theory› Structure actions outcome
(Johnson & Johnson, 2009)
› 3P-model (Biggs, 2002)
› Experience of learning (Marton, Hounsell & Entwistle, 2005)
Context (teaching)
Approaches to learning
Learning outcome
Perception of context
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Student-centred teaching paradox
› Premis: Meaningfull learning involves active knowledge construction i.e. deep approaches
› Problem: Some students adopting surface approaches to learning
› Solution: Student-centred instruction requiring students to engage in learning activities
› Paradox: Students relying on surface approaches to learning are the ones least likely to see the point in student-centred instruction
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IMPLICATIONS
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Theoretical implication
› Instructional methods per se
› Alignment (Biggs, 2012)
› Congruence (ETL-project)
› Balanced optimism
› Empirical testing of assumptions
› Formalised instructional methods +
› Experiential dimension +› Teaching approaches
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Practical implications
› Teaching as intended ≠ teaching as perceived
› Evidence informed trial-and-error
› Feedback about teaching (Hattie, 2012)
› Reaching commonality of meaning (Hounsell, 2005)
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AcknowledgementsI am deeply indebted to the teachers, tutors and students who participated in my study. Especially, Dr. Søren Flinch Midtgaard and the tutors Kaare, Asbjørn, Lasse, Sara, and Rasmus.
I would also like to thank:› My supervisors Dr. Torben K. Jensen and Dr. Anne Mette Mørcke.› My colleagues at the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Aarhus University. › The staff at the Institute of Academic Development, Edinburgh University, and in particular
Dr. Velda McCune. › Dr. Noel Entwistle and Dr. Charles Anderson for valuable feedback on papers. › The Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences for granting me a three-year scholar-
ship.› Professor Kirsten Hofgaard Lycke, professor Dai Hounsell, and professor Berit Eika for taking
time to assess my dissertation.
› Finally, I would very much like to thank friends and family for much needed support.
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Alternative theories of learning in HE
› Theories’ ecological validity (Entwistle, 1984)
› Collaborative learning and social constructivism
› Ways of thinking and practicing (ETL-project)
› Situated learning, communities of practice (Lave and Wenger [1991] in Stewart, 2012)
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Scope of intervention› Competition from other courses
(Anderson, 1997)
› Assessment, SAQ’s (Entwistle, 2009)
› Length of intervention one semester (Kember, 2004)
› ETL Final Report› ”… modest collaborative initiaties …”› ”… real world of messy, multifaceted
educational change” (Fullan, 2002)› Sustainable incrementalisme
› Constructive alignment (Biggs, 2012)
Teaching-learning activities
AssessmentIntended learning outcome
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Conceptions of learning
› Conceptions of learning (Säljö, 1979 [in Marton and Säljö, 1984]; Marton, Dall’Alba & Beaty, 1993)
1. Increase in knowledge2. Memorizing3. Aquiring facts for later retrieval4. Abstraction of meaning5. Understanding reality6. Changing as a person
› Conceptions of learning and approaches to learning (van Rossum and Schenk, 1984)
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Cooperative learning
› ”...offers students and faculty a structured, on-task means to foster learner activity and learner interaction” (Millis & Cottell, 1998:38, emphasis added)
› Claim: CL stimulates deep approaches to learning› Ownership and control› Active rather than passive› Multiple sources of inspiration› Opportunity to connect with prior
knowledge
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