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Confessions of a converted lecturer

International Conference onTeaching and Learning in Higher Education

Melaka, Malaysia 21 November 2011


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How do we learn?

Think of something you are good at something that

you know you do well.


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How do we learn?

Think of something you are good at something that

you know you do well.

Howdid you become good at this?


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How do we learn?

Became good at it by:

1. trial and error

2. lectures

3. practicing

4. apprenticeship

5. other


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How we teach


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Learning spaces


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Learning spaces


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Learning spaces


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Education


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Education

Some people talk in their sleep.


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Education

Some people talk in their sleep.

Lecturers talk while other people are sleeping.

Albert Camus


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Education


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Education

lectures focus on information transfer


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Education

education is not just information transfer

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Education


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Education


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Education

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Education

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Education

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Education

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R.R. Hake,Am. J. Phys. 66, 64 (1998)


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Education

only one quarter of maximum gain realized

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R.R. Hake,Am. J. Phys. 66, 64 (1998)


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So what should we do?


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Peer Instruction

Give students more responsibility for gathering information


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Peer Instruction

Give students more responsibility for gathering information

so we can better help them assimilate it.


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Peer Instruction

Main features:

pre-class reading

in-class: depth, not coverage

ConcepTests


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Peer Instruction

ConcepTest:

1. Question

2. Thinking

3. Individual answer

4. Peer discussion

5. Revised/Group answer

6. Explanation


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Results

is it any good?


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Results

first year of implementing PI

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Results


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Results


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Results

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Results

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Results

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angeinscore,

SfSi(%)

100806040200


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1.00

0.23

g =Sf Si

1 Si

R.R. Hake,Am. J. Phys. 66, 64 (1998)


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Results

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SfSi(%)

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1.00

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1 Si

0.48

R.R. Hake,Am. J. Phys. 66, 64 (1998)


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Results

what about problem solving?


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Results

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exam scores


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Results

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Results

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exam scores


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Conclusion

So better understanding leads to better

problem solving!


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Conclusion

So better understanding leads to better

problem solving!

(but good problem solving doesnt always

indicate understanding!)


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Summary

Traditional indicators of success misleading


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Summary

Traditional indicators of success misleading

Education is no longer about information


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Funding:

National Science Foundation

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http://mazur.harvard.edu

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Funding:

National Science Foundation

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http://mazur.harvard.edu

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