Teaching and Learning in a Student‐Centered Active Learning Environment
About the Presenter(s)
Jason Deibel, department chair and associate professor of physics
Kimberly Trick, assistant dean, College of Arts and Sciences; principal lecturer, chemistry
Location
Kennedy Union Room 331
Start Date
4-1-2023 11:00 AM
End Date
4-1-2023 11:50 AM
Abstract/Description
SCALE-UP (Student‐Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) is an evidence-based pedagogical approach designed to facilitate active collaborative learning in a classroom in which instructors facilitate class sessions organized about interactions between teams of students who work on tasks revolving around specific content. Traditional lectures and even hybrid format lectures that incorporate active learning strategies are replaced in the SCALE-UP approach with problem-solving and inquiry-based activities carried out in strategically assigned student groups. While SCALE-UP found initial adoption in STEM courses, it has since been applied across a wide variety of academic disciplines. Workshop participants will attend a SCALE-UP class session that models a physics course teaching basic energy concepts. Presenters will periodically pause the “class” to facilitate discussion about the pedagogy, approach, and rationale associated with SCALE-UP teaching. Participants will experience an innovative teaching approach that has been proven to significantly advance student learning outcomes.
Goals for Attendees
Attendees will learn the merits and implementation strategy of a pedagogical approach to learning and instruction that advances students’ abilities to effectively address the complex demands of our world as the approach is inherently student-centric. Higher education is facing a serious issue in terms of student disengagement such that approaches such as SCALE-UP that are centered on class sessions that concentrate on students directly engaging in their learning.
Teaching and Learning in a Student‐Centered Active Learning Environment
Kennedy Union Room 331
SCALE-UP (Student‐Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) is an evidence-based pedagogical approach designed to facilitate active collaborative learning in a classroom in which instructors facilitate class sessions organized about interactions between teams of students who work on tasks revolving around specific content. Traditional lectures and even hybrid format lectures that incorporate active learning strategies are replaced in the SCALE-UP approach with problem-solving and inquiry-based activities carried out in strategically assigned student groups. While SCALE-UP found initial adoption in STEM courses, it has since been applied across a wide variety of academic disciplines. Workshop participants will attend a SCALE-UP class session that models a physics course teaching basic energy concepts. Presenters will periodically pause the “class” to facilitate discussion about the pedagogy, approach, and rationale associated with SCALE-UP teaching. Participants will experience an innovative teaching approach that has been proven to significantly advance student learning outcomes.
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