Multifaceted Group Assignment to Demonstrate Critical Thinking in STEM Courses
Conference Tracks
Teaching Practices (Poster Only) – Analysis, synthesis, reflection, and discussion
Abstract
Active learning through group activities is an effective tool for providing an engaging leaning experience in the classroom. These activities and laboratory experiments employ small-group collaboration to help increase student engagement, immerse students in the learning process, and help create ownership of knowledge. One example is a capstone project, students plan and design a sustainable city incorporating all the topics discussed over the course of the semester. This was part of a semester-long Earth Summit role play that was used in an Introduction to Environmental Science course. Significant improvement in student attitude and self-efficacy in science were found using a pre/post survey.
Session Format
Poster
Location
Harborside Ballroom East
Recommended Citation
Wilkinson, Andrew C. and Evers, Chad A., "Multifaceted Group Assignment to Demonstrate Critical Thinking in STEM Courses" (2020). SoTL Commons Conference. 102.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2020/102
Multifaceted Group Assignment to Demonstrate Critical Thinking in STEM Courses
Harborside Ballroom East
Active learning through group activities is an effective tool for providing an engaging leaning experience in the classroom. These activities and laboratory experiments employ small-group collaboration to help increase student engagement, immerse students in the learning process, and help create ownership of knowledge. One example is a capstone project, students plan and design a sustainable city incorporating all the topics discussed over the course of the semester. This was part of a semester-long Earth Summit role play that was used in an Introduction to Environmental Science course. Significant improvement in student attitude and self-efficacy in science were found using a pre/post survey.
