“The longer students sit passively in a class, the more attention drifts from the presentation and the longer the drifts last. If you go more than 15 minutes without an activity, you may have lost more than half of your students” (Felder & Brent, p. 128, 2016).
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Why Students Resist Active Learning
The recent decades have seen growing faculty interest in learning. Increasingly, teaching is being understood in terms of how well it promotes and facilitates learning. Faculty are more familiar than ever with the evidence that favors active learning over lecture.
Listeners Got Active About Our Active Learning Stories : NPR Ed : NPR
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Two recent reports on a Stanford Noble Laureate’s efforts to change how undergraduate science education struck a nerve with many of you.
Source: Listeners Got Active About Our Active Learning Stories : NPR Ed : NPR
Active Learning: Surmounting the Challenges in a Large Class
After completing the assigned reading, students take a short online quiz that must be completed before class. Their answers help guide that day’s lesson.
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