Resources:
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410
https://community.acue.org/blog/three-misconceptions-using-active-learning-stem/
https://news.aamc.org/medical-education/article/flipped-classrooms-scrapping-traditional-lectures-/
Episode Notes:
- “Universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050 and lecturing has been the predominant form of teaching ever since”
- Scott Freeman, University of Washington
- “It’s almost unethical to be lecturing if you have this data…an abundance of proof that lecturing is outmoded, outdated, and inefficient.”
- Eric Mazur, Harvard University
- Our Learners
- Self-directed, problem-centered, prefer active involvement
- Millennial learners are participatory and prefer assembling information
- Need to recall extensive amounts of practical information
- Why active learning?
- Meta-analysis of 225 undergrad STEM studies
- Comparing student performance when exposed to traditional lecture vs. lecture with active learning
- Performance
- Traditional lecture = 34%
- Active learning = 22%
- Exam scores ↑ 6%
- Letter grade ↑ C+ to B-
- Active Learning
- Student centered
- Knowledge structures changing
- Contextualized knowledge
- Small groups
- Student dialogue
- Transformational
- Passive Learning
- Teacher centered
- Passive learning/memorization
- Knowledge out of context
- Individual
- Student listening
- Traditional