Two Pills Tips: Step Away from the Podium!

Take Two Pills and listen to this podcast

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• “It’s almost unethical to be lecturing if you have this data…an abundance of proof that lecturing is outmoded, outdated, and inefficient.”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