Wi13 Workshop - Alternatives to Lecture

CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:ALTERNATIVES TO LECTURE

Peter Newbury Center for Teaching Development,University of California, San Diego

[email protected] @polarisdotca

ctd.ucsd.edu #ctducsd

slides and resources: http://tinyurl.com/AlternativesToLecture

Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:30 – 1:30 pmCenter Hall, Room 316

Alternatives to Lecture2

student-centered instruction

listening

interacting

engaged

learning

traditional lecture

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how much of that you learnedby the end of the course

<g> = how much you didn’t know

at the beginning of the course



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learningpeer instruction w clickersworksheetsvideosinteractive demonstrationssurveys of opinionsreading quizzesdiscussions


Clicker questionA pitching machine throws baseballs at a batter taking batting practice.Here are test pitches from 4 different machines. Which one would you buy?

Daniel L. Schwartz & Taylor Martin (2004): Inventing to Prepare for Future Learning: The Hidden Efficiency of Encouraging Original Student Production in Statistics Instruction, Cognition and Instruction, 22:2, 129-184

A B

C D


Typical peer instruction episode

1. Instructor poses a conceptually-challengingmultiple-choice question.

2. Students think about question on their own.

3. Students vote for an answer using clickers, coloured cards, ABCD voting cards,...

4. The instructor reacts, based on the distribution of votes.


In effective peer instruction students teach each other immediately,

while they may still hold or remembertheir novice misconceptions

students discuss the concepts in theirown language

the instructor finds out what the students know (and don’t know) and reacts

students learn and practice how to think, communicate like experts


Effective peer instruction requires1. identifying key concepts,

misconceptions2. creating multiple-choice questions

that require deeper thinking and learning

3. facilitating peer instruction episodes that spark student discussion

4. resolving the misconceptions

beforeclass

duringclass

Watch for our series of peer instruction workshops:

Jan 21: Intro to peer instructionJan 28: Writing clicker questionsFeb 7: Click it up a level


In-class worksheetsLooking at Distant Objects

Recall that a light-year (ly) is a distance, the distance light travels in one year.In groups of 2 or 3, work on the worksheet. Make sure everyone in your group agrees on the answer to each question before you write it down.


Clicker questionImagine that you simultaneously receive the satellite transmission of two pictures of two people that live on planets orbiting two different stars. Each image shows the people at their 21st birthday parties. Consider the following possible interpretations that could be made from your observations. Which do you think is the most plausible interpretation?

A) Both people are the same age but at different distances from you.

B) The people are actually different ages but at the same distance from you.

C) The person that is closer to you is actually the older of the two people.

D) The person that is farther from you is actually the older of the two people.


In-class worksheets Worksheets guide students through a concept

they can learn from the worksheet, not just practicea skill

Do not “go over” the worksheet afterwards encourages students to not do the work and just

wait for the answers Assess their work by, for example, asking a

follow-up clicker question successful on worksheet successful on clicker

question(not successful on clicker q not successful on worksheet)


In-class worksheets: structure Worksheet is “stand-alone” and complete.

students can complete it later, do it again when studying

easier to integrate into lessons First questions are “trivial”

check that student read intro gives them confidence to proceed

Last question is the “zinger” questions build towards the deep question, each

one building the skill needed to answer next question

Plenty of opportunity for formative feedback


In-class worksheet: resources

Washington Tutorials (physics)www.phys.washington.edu/groups/peg/tut.html

Lecture-Tutorials for Introductory Astronomyastronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov/teachingstrategies/

teachingdetails/?StrategyID=9

Format and structure can be adapted to other fields: use the astronomy LT’s as a template


In-class videoThere are times when a video is the perfect resource.

Paul Hewitt demonstrates Archimedes’ Principle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6aErhwFXsg


In-class videoWas the Paul Hewitt demo engaging? entertaining? interactive? deep or surface learning?


In-class videoOur expert eyes know what details or events to look for when to start watching carefully – we can

anticipate the key event what to ignoreStudents don’t know what to look for. Before showing a video, prime them, prepare them:

“In this video, pay particular attention to the…”

“I want you to count how many times she says…”


In-class demonstrationsIn most demos, the instructor sets up the equipment, flicks a switch, “Taa-daaa!”

students don’t know where to look, don’t see important event amongst too many distractions

To engage students and focus their attention on the key event, get students to make a prediction.

(Get the full story of Interactive Lecture Demos (ILDs) at serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/demonstrations/index.html)

Alternatives to Lecture

Clicker question

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A ball is rolling around the inside of a circulartrack. The ballleaves the trackat point P.

Which pathdoes the ballfollow?

P

AB

CD

E

(Mazur)



listening

interacting

engaged

learningpeer instruction w clickersworksheetsvideosinteractive demonstrationssurveys of opinionsreading quizzesdiscussions

CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:ALTERNATIVES TO LECTURE

Peter Newbury Center for Teaching Development,University of California, San Diego

[email protected] @polarisdotca

ctd.ucsd.edu #ctducsd

slides and resources: http://tinyurl.com/AlternativesToLecture

Thursday, January 10, 201312:30 – 1:30 pm

Wi13 Workshop - Alternatives to Lecture

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