2012 Conference Archive (Archived)

Session Format

Poster Session (60 minutes)

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Location

Nessmith-Lane Building Lobby

Abstract for the conference program

This workshop will present a medley of active-learning methods that have been implemented successfully in both introductory and upper-level physics courses. The participants will engage in methods that include Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), clicker questions, whiteboard activities, and virtual experiments. The workshop will be designed very much like a class that employs these methods, with a pre-workshop online assignment that is due “Just in Time” before the workshop, and whiteboard activities and clicker questions associated with the active-learning methods. The participants will work in teams to develop some JiTT assignments, clicker questions, and whiteboard activities that they could use in their own classes. The goal of the workshop is to allow the participants to experience this combination of active-learning methods and appreciate how the methods can be combined and applied in a STEM classroom to increase students’ conceptual understanding and problem solving skills.

Proposal Track

Non-research Project

Start Date

3-9-2012 1:45 PM

End Date

3-9-2012 2:00 PM

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Mar 9th, 1:45 PM Mar 9th, 2:00 PM

A Medley of Successful Active-Learning Methods

Nessmith-Lane Building Lobby

This workshop will present a medley of active-learning methods that have been implemented successfully in both introductory and upper-level physics courses. The participants will engage in methods that include Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT), clicker questions, whiteboard activities, and virtual experiments. The workshop will be designed very much like a class that employs these methods, with a pre-workshop online assignment that is due “Just in Time” before the workshop, and whiteboard activities and clicker questions associated with the active-learning methods. The participants will work in teams to develop some JiTT assignments, clicker questions, and whiteboard activities that they could use in their own classes. The goal of the workshop is to allow the participants to experience this combination of active-learning methods and appreciate how the methods can be combined and applied in a STEM classroom to increase students’ conceptual understanding and problem solving skills.