Can you use Peer Instruction with just one concept?
Can you use Peer Instruction with just one concept? A biochemistry professor from Taibah University in Saudi Arabia raised this question during a recent virtual Peer Instruction training Professor...
View Article3 ways to write effective questions
Ever wonder how to write Peer Instruction, clicker questions, or ConcepTests, or other item types that capture students attention in ways that help you share the wonderful world of the subject matter...
View ArticleHow to help people remember what they learn
My worst nightmare? Realizing Turn to Your Neighbor has been on hiatus for 365 days!? No, but that sure is a close second. Students, of course, are my worst nightmare. But not for the reasons you might...
View ArticleHow to flip your class with quizzes in 5 steps
Measuring a student’s knowledge state is the typical purpose of quizzes in education. Can these short tests do more? Quizzes have long been used as a “stick” in education. Did you ever scramble at the...
View ArticleWhy Flipped Classrooms Fail
“I tried Peer Instruction and it didn’t work.” As a champion of the popular flipped learning method developed by Eric Mazur, this phrase always hits me hard when I hear it from fellow educators. And...
View ArticleWhy Flipped Classrooms Fail Part 2
In Part 1 of this three part series, I propose one reason why I suspect some flipped classrooms fail while others succeed. [Go to Part 1: Why Flipped Classrooms Fail] Failure is a broad term and there...
View ArticleWhy Flipped Classrooms Fail Part 3
Flipped classrooms sometimes fall flat. In this third and final post, we continue our exploration of why flipped classrooms fail (see Part 1 and Part 2). You will gain diverse perspectives and new...
View Article10 Reasons Why You Should Get Into a Flipped Class
This week, Turn to Your Neighbor introduces a new series authored by students, called The Sandbox. In The Sandbox, we will look at educational innovation from the student point of view. In this...
View ArticleIncreasing student engagement, by design
On June 6, 2016 the Chronicle of Higher Education featured the founder of Peer Instruction and my mentor Eric Mazur in article titled “The Making of a Teaching Evangelist,” by Dan Berrett. The...
View ArticleFlipping learning by design: How to use cognitive science research to design...
The Fall 2016 edition of Leadership: Journal of Post-secondary Leaders just published a new article called Flipping by Design. This article, written by me, lays out some tips for integrating...
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