This document summarizes an workshop on alternatives to traditional lecture-based teaching. It discusses how lecture may not engage students or help them develop expertise. Alternatives presented include peer instruction using clicker questions, interactive demonstrations where students make predictions, and activities that draw on students' prior knowledge like discussions prompted by open-ended questions. The workshop emphasizes creating an interactive, student-centered approach to help students construct their own understanding as they learn.
SIO Workshop: Course Design 2 - Alternatives to LecturePeter Newbury
Presented at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California on November 14, 2014.
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
ctd.ucsd.edu
Make clickers work for you: Faciltiation and question writingStephanie Chasteen
Clickers can make teaching more effective and fun, but how does a teacher best use clickers in the class? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based ideas for questioning to achieve student engagement and deep learning. We will focus on the use of “peer instruction” in which students discuss challenging questions. We’ll compare example questions, practice writing questions, discuss common challenges, and share tips on getting students to productively reason through them. No software needed.
Presented at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California on November 21, 2014.
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
ctd.ucsd.edu
CU Berkeley Workshop #2: Making it work, Effective Facilitation of Clicker Q...Stephanie Chasteen
So now you’ve got some great questions to use with clickers, but that’s no magic bullet. What might go wrong, and how do we avoid common pitfalls? How do we avoid just giving students the answer, or what if students are reluctant to discuss the questions? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based tips and ideas for questioning in a way that allow us to achieve the full benefit of clickers and peer instruction. We’ll discuss common challenges, share tips on getting students to productively argue and reason through the questions, and ways to encourage all students to speak up in response to questions. Time-depending, participants will also get a chance to practice aspects of teaching through questioning.
SIO Workshop: Course Design 2 - Alternatives to LecturePeter Newbury
Presented at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California on November 14, 2014.
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
ctd.ucsd.edu
Make clickers work for you: Faciltiation and question writingStephanie Chasteen
Clickers can make teaching more effective and fun, but how does a teacher best use clickers in the class? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based ideas for questioning to achieve student engagement and deep learning. We will focus on the use of “peer instruction” in which students discuss challenging questions. We’ll compare example questions, practice writing questions, discuss common challenges, and share tips on getting students to productively reason through them. No software needed.
Presented at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California on November 21, 2014.
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
ctd.ucsd.edu
CU Berkeley Workshop #2: Making it work, Effective Facilitation of Clicker Q...Stephanie Chasteen
So now you’ve got some great questions to use with clickers, but that’s no magic bullet. What might go wrong, and how do we avoid common pitfalls? How do we avoid just giving students the answer, or what if students are reluctant to discuss the questions? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based tips and ideas for questioning in a way that allow us to achieve the full benefit of clickers and peer instruction. We’ll discuss common challenges, share tips on getting students to productively argue and reason through the questions, and ways to encourage all students to speak up in response to questions. Time-depending, participants will also get a chance to practice aspects of teaching through questioning.
From FTEP, March 15th. Stephanie Chasteen, Science Teaching Fellow, Physics
Steven Pollock, President’s Teaching Scholar and Professor of Physics
Questioning is a central part of student assessment and quizzing, but it can also be a powerful learning tool. How does a teacher use questioning effectively? What is the right number of questions to ask? How do we avoid just giving students the answer? How do we avoid embarrassing our students, or confusing the class, if they give me the wrong answer? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based tips and ideas for questioning in a way that allow us to achieve the full benefit of questioning –student engagement and deep learning. We will focus on the use of “peer instruction” – the practice of requiring students to discuss their answers to challenging questions with one another. Peer instruction is facilitated by the use of “clickers”, but many benefits of the technique can be achieved even without the technology. We’ll discuss common challenges, share tips on getting students to productively argue and reason through the questions, and ways to encourage all students to speak up in response to questions.
CU Berkeley Workshop #1: Writing Great Clicker QuestionsStephanie Chasteen
How does a teacher use questioning effectively? This workshop will focus on writing those questions that engage students, spark their curiosity, help recap material, give you insight into their thinking, or help them learn critical ideas in your discipline. We will focus on the use of clickers with "peer instruction" -- a research-tested method of requiring students to discuss challenging questions with one another. We will discuss how clickers can help facilitate this teaching strategy, investigate the surprising power of multiple-choice questions to achieve critical thinking skills, plus spend time discussing the elements of effective questions and practicing writing and improving questions for our classes.
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 6 - Peer InstructionPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
Phystec Conference: The Gentle Art of Questioning. Writing Great Clicker Qu...Stephanie Chasteen
How does a teacher use questioning effectively? This workshop will focus on writing those questions that engage students, spark their curiosity, help recap material, give you insight into their thinking, or help them learn critical ideas in physics. We will focus on "peer instruction" -- a research-tested method of requiring students to discuss challenging questions with one another. We will investigate the surprising power of multiple-choice questions to achieve critical thinking skills. Finally, we will look at writing questions that align with our goals for students, discuss the elements of effective questions, and practice writing questions and work on improving them.
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 1 - How People LearnPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
TTMPH Fa14 Week 4: Fixed and Growth Mindset & Assessment that Supports LearningPeter Newbury
Cheryl Anderson
Family and Preventative Medicine, UC San Diego
and
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
teachingmethodsinpublichealth.ucsd.edu
From FTEP, March 15th. Stephanie Chasteen, Science Teaching Fellow, Physics
Steven Pollock, President’s Teaching Scholar and Professor of Physics
Questioning is a central part of student assessment and quizzing, but it can also be a powerful learning tool. How does a teacher use questioning effectively? What is the right number of questions to ask? How do we avoid just giving students the answer? How do we avoid embarrassing our students, or confusing the class, if they give me the wrong answer? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based tips and ideas for questioning in a way that allow us to achieve the full benefit of questioning –student engagement and deep learning. We will focus on the use of “peer instruction” – the practice of requiring students to discuss their answers to challenging questions with one another. Peer instruction is facilitated by the use of “clickers”, but many benefits of the technique can be achieved even without the technology. We’ll discuss common challenges, share tips on getting students to productively argue and reason through the questions, and ways to encourage all students to speak up in response to questions.
CU Berkeley Workshop #1: Writing Great Clicker QuestionsStephanie Chasteen
How does a teacher use questioning effectively? This workshop will focus on writing those questions that engage students, spark their curiosity, help recap material, give you insight into their thinking, or help them learn critical ideas in your discipline. We will focus on the use of clickers with "peer instruction" -- a research-tested method of requiring students to discuss challenging questions with one another. We will discuss how clickers can help facilitate this teaching strategy, investigate the surprising power of multiple-choice questions to achieve critical thinking skills, plus spend time discussing the elements of effective questions and practicing writing and improving questions for our classes.
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 6 - Peer InstructionPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
Phystec Conference: The Gentle Art of Questioning. Writing Great Clicker Qu...Stephanie Chasteen
How does a teacher use questioning effectively? This workshop will focus on writing those questions that engage students, spark their curiosity, help recap material, give you insight into their thinking, or help them learn critical ideas in physics. We will focus on "peer instruction" -- a research-tested method of requiring students to discuss challenging questions with one another. We will investigate the surprising power of multiple-choice questions to achieve critical thinking skills. Finally, we will look at writing questions that align with our goals for students, discuss the elements of effective questions, and practice writing questions and work on improving them.
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 1 - How People LearnPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
TTMPH Fa14 Week 4: Fixed and Growth Mindset & Assessment that Supports LearningPeter Newbury
Cheryl Anderson
Family and Preventative Medicine, UC San Diego
and
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
teachingmethodsinpublichealth.ucsd.edu
TMPH Fa14 Week 5: Alternatives to LecturePeter Newbury
Cheryl Anderson
Family and Preventative Medicine, UC San Diego
and
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
teachingmethodsinpublichealth.ucsd.edu
How people learn, exploring the key findings from Chapter 1 of "How People Learn." Plus, implications for teaching including peer instruction. A weekly workshop by the Center for Teaching Development at UCSD.
Questioning is a central part of student assessment and quizzing, but it can also be a powerful learning tool. In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore research-based tips and ideas for achieving the full benefit of questioning. Effective use of common questioning tools -- clickers and discussion boards -- will be discussed as a means to achieve student engagement and deep learning.
Teaching students to think like experts using peer instruction - CSUgritPeter Newbury
Slides for a workshop on teaching students to think like experts using peer instruction at the Cal State University Symposium on University Teaching.
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
March 13, 2015
Presented at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California on October 31, 2014.
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development, UC San Diego
ctd.ucsd.edu
Learning Outcomes: Blueprints for Teaching and LearningPeter Newbury
Slides for learning outcomes workshop I facilitated at 2017 British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) School of Transportation Development Day on October 31, 2017.
Peter Newbury
UBC Okanagan
CC-BY
My keynote presentation at the 2017 British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) School of Transportation Development Day on October 31, 2017.
Peter Newbury
UBC Okanagan
CC-BY
"Getting to Know You"
Presentation to support a jigsaw activity to explore student diversity. Full details at
peternewbury.org/2016/08/getting-to-know-you
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 10 - The First Day of ClassPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
CIRTL Spring 2016 College Classroom Meeting 9: TransparencyPeter Newbury
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
and
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 8 - Teaching-as-ResearchPeter Newbury
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UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 7 - They're not dumb, they're...Peter Newbury
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UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 5 - Active LearningPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
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UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 3: Learning OutcomesPeter Newbury
Peter Newbury
UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
CIRTL Spring 2016 The College Classroom Meeting 2 - Developing ExpertisePeter Newbury
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UC San Diego
and
Tom Holme
Iowa State University
collegeclassroom.ucsd.edu
Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) Network - cirtl.net
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1. CTD Weekly Workshop: Alternatives to Lecture
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
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Alternatives to Lecture
impaled by Yersinia on flickr CC-BY-NC-SA
2. resources at ctd.ucsd.edu/programs/weekly-workshops-winter-2014/
CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:
ALTERNATIVES TO LECTURE
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development,
University of California, San Diego
pnewbury@ucsd.edu
@polarisdotca
ctd.ucsd.edu
#ctducsd
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
12:00 – 12:50 pm Marshall College Room, Price Center
3. Scholarly approach to teaching:
learning
outcomes
(Jan 22)
What should
students
learn?
What are
students
learning?
What instructional
approaches
help students
learn?
Carl Wieman
Science Education Initiative
cwsei.ubc.ca
3
Alternatives to Lecture
assessment
(Feb 5)
alt to lecture
(Jan 29)
peer instruction,
(Feb 12, 19)
4. Key Finding 1
Students come to the classroom with preconceptions about
how the world works. If their initial understanding is not
engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts and
information that are taught, or they may learn them for
the purposes of a test but revert to their preconceptions
outside of the classroom.
(How People Learn [1], p. 14)
Instructors must
draw out students’
pre-existing
understandings.
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Alternatives to Lecture
Instruction must be
student-centered.
5. Key Finding 2
To develop competence in an area, students must:
a) have a deep foundation of factual knowledge,
b) understand facts and ideas in the context of a
conceptual framework, and
c) organize knowledge in ways that facilitate
retrieval and application.
(How People Learn [1], p. 16)
These are
characteristics of
expertize
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Instructors need to
give students
opportunities to be
more expert-like.
6. Key Finding 3
A “metacognitive” approach to instruction can help
students learn to take control of their own learning by
defining learning goals and monitoring their progress in
achieving them.
(How People Learn [1], p. 18)
Metacognition:
that voice in your
head that checks
if you understand
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Alternatives to Lecture
Instructors need to
provide opportunities
for students to practice
being metacognitive
7. Constructivist theory of learning
Students need to construct their own understanding of
the concepts, where
each student assimilates new material into his/her
own framework of initial understanding and
preconception
each student confronts his/her (mis)understanding of
the concepts
A traditional, one-way lecture doesn’t give students an
opportunity to “try, fail, receive feedback and try
again, before facing a summative evaluation.” [2]
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Alternatives to Lecture
9. Alternatives to Lecture
peer instruction with clickers
interactive demonstrations
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
surveys of opinions
reading quizzes
whiteboards
worksheets
discussions
videos
student-centered instruction
9
Alternatives to Lecture
10. Clicker Question
The molecules making up the dry mass of wood that
forms during the growth of a tree largely come from
A) sunlight.
B) the air.
C) the seed.
D) the soil.
Question credit: Bill Wood
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Alternatives to Lecture
11. Typical Episode of Peer Instruction
1. Instructor poses a conceptually-challenging
multiple-choice question.
2. Students think about question on their own and vote
using clickers, colored ABCD cards, smartphones,…
3. The instructor asks students to turn to their neighbors
and “convince them you’re right.”
4. After that “peer instruction”, the students vote again
and the instructor leads a class-wide discussion
concluding with why the right answer(s) is right and
the wrong answers are wrong.
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Alternatives to Lecture
12. In effective peer instruction
students teach each other while
they may still hold or remember
their novice preconceptions
students discuss the concepts in their
own (novice) language
students learn
and practice
how to think,
communicate
like experts
each student finds out what s/he does(n’t) know
the instructor finds out what the students know (and
don’t know) and reacts, building on their initial
understanding and preconceptions.
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Alternatives to Lecture
13. Effective peer instruction requires
1. identifying key concepts, misconceptions
2. creating multiple-choice questions that
require deeper thinking and learning
3. facilitating peer instruction episodes that
spark student discussion
4. resolving the misconceptions
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before
class
during
class
Alternatives to Lecture
14. To learn more about peer instruction
Upcoming Weekly Workshops at the CTD:
Feb 12 Peer Instruction I: Writing Good Peer Instruction (“Clicker”)
Questions A good episode of peer instruction requires a good
question. In this session, we’ll see a variety of questions and contrast
good vs bad questions, that you can adapt to your discipline
Feb 19 Peer Instruction II: Best Practices for Running Peer Instruction with
Clickers In this session, we’ll discuss best practices for choreographing
an episode of peer instruction in your class including how to pose the
question, when to open and close the poll, how many votes, and how
to get the most out of the class-wide discussion.
To register, look for the
Teaching and Learning Weekly Workshops
at ctd.ucsd.edu
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Alternatives to Lecture
15. Alternatives to Lecture
peer instruction with clickers
interactive demonstrations
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
surveys of opinions
reading quizzes
whiteboards
worksheets
discussions
videos
student-centered instruction
15
Alternatives to Lecture
16. Chemistry Day 4 by pennstatenews on flickr CC-BY-NC
16
Alternatives to Lecture
17. In-class demonstrations
1. Instructor (meticulously) sets up the equipment, flicks
a switch, “Taa-daaah!
2. Students
don’t know where to look
don’t know when to look, miss “the moment”
don’t recognize the significance of the event amongst
too many distractions
To engage students and focus their attention on the key
event, get students to make a prediction (using clickers,
for example)
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Alternatives to Lecture
18. Clicker question
A ball is rolling around
the inside of a circular
track. The ball
leaves the track
at point P.
B
C
D
A
E
P
Which path
does the ball
follow?
18
Alternatives to Lecture
(Mazur)
19. Interactive Lecture Demos (ILD)
[3]
By making a prediction, each student
cares about the outcome (“Did I get it right?”)
knows when to look (can anticipate phenomenon)
knows where to look (sees phenomenon occur)
gets immediate feedback about his/her
understanding of the concept
is prepared for your explanation
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Alternatives to Lecture
20. Alternatives to Lecture
peer instruction with clickers
interactive demonstrations
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
surveys of opinions
reading quizzes
whiteboards
worksheets
discussions
videos
student-centered instruction
20
Alternatives to Lecture
21. What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
21
Alternatives to Lecture
impaled by Yersinia on flickr CC-BY-NC-SA
22. Start teaching before the bell rings
Students arrive, ready to engage with you, your content:
Project a picture related to today’s lesson
Add prompts:
“What do you notice? What do you wonder?” [4]
Spend first few minutes leading a discussion:
every student can contribute
you learn their pre-existing knowledge
activates concepts in their memories
Don’t let their enthusiasm slip away!
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Alternatives to Lecture
23. Alternatives to Lecture
peer instruction with clickers
interactive demonstrations
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
surveys of opinions
reading quizzes
whiteboards
worksheets
discussions
videos
student-centered instruction
23
Alternatives to Lecture
24. What do you see?
A) old lady
B) young woman
If you’re studying human
behavior, let your students
generate authentic data
Clickers can be set to
“anonymous”
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Alternatives to Lecture
25. Alternatives to Lecture
peer instruction with clickers
interactive demonstrations
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
surveys of opinions
reading quizzes
whiteboards
worksheets
discussions
videos
student-centered instruction
25
Alternatives to Lecture
26. Showing video in class
There are times when a video is the perfect resource.
Archimedes’ Principle
In today’s Physics class, we’re
going to study buoyancy and
Archimedes’ Principle.
http://tinyurl.com/TCCdemo
(Paul Hewitt video)
(Image: Wikimedia Commons – public domain)
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Alternatives to Lecture
27. Videos in class
Unlike you, the students do not
select the video
instructor does this
check it contains key events before class
anticipate key events instructor does this unconsciously,
recognize key events the “curse” of expertise
interpret key events This is what you want to do in class!
relate key events to Anticipate & recognize are
pre-requisites.
class concepts
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Alternatives to Lecture
28. Videos: implications for instructors
Coach the students how to watch the video like an
expert:
As you watch this video, try to…
watch for when the A starts to B.
count how often the C does D.
watch the needles on the scales as water drains.
Don’t “give away” the key event (Notice the buoyant
force is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced.)
That’s what the follow-up discussion is for: help the
students get prepared for that discussion.
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29. Is Lecture Dead?
No! There is still a time and place for lecture. You can
lecture (for 10-15 minutes) when the students are
prepared to learn:
the alt-to-lecture activities have activated the
concepts in their memories
they’ve tried, failed, received feedback, tried again
and are waiting for confirmation
they’re prepared to intellectually appreciate your
expertise you’re about to share with them
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Alternatives to Lecture
30. Alternatives to Lecture
peer instruction with clickers
interactive demonstrations
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
surveys of opinions
To enhance
reading quizzes
students learning and
whiteboards
retention, some instruction must
worksheets
be interactive and student-centered.
discussions
videos
That’s how people learn.
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Alternatives to Lecture
31. Scholarly approach to teaching:
learning
outcomes
What should
students
learn?
What are
students
learning?
What instructional
approaches
help students
learn?
Carl Wieman
Science Education Initiative
cwsei.ubc.ca
31
Alternatives to Lecture
assessment
(Feb 5)
Roosevelt
College Room
alt to lecture
peer instruction,
(Feb 12, 19)
32. References
1. National Research Council (2000). How People Learn: Brain,
Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition. J.D.
Bransford, A.L Brown & R.R. Cocking (Eds.),Washington, DC:
The National Academies Press.
2. Bain, K (2004). What the best college teachers do.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
3. Get the full story of interactive lecture demos (ILDs) at
serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/demonstrations/index.html
4. Read more about “What do you notice? What do you
wonder” at ctd.ucsd.edu/2013/08/you-dont-have-to-waitfor-the-clock-to-strike-to-start-teaching/
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33. resources at ctd.ucsd.edu/programs/weekly-workshops-winter-2014/
CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:
ALTERNATIVES TO LECTURE
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development,
University of California, San Diego
pnewbury@ucsd.edu
@polarisdotca
ctd.ucsd.edu
#ctducsd
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
12:00 – 12:50 pm Marshall College Room, Price Center