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2. THE EVIDENCE STANDARD
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Teachers can feel bombarded…
I strive to be a scholarly teacher …
Common (evidence-based) themes:
• Focus and attention
• Using emotions appropriately
• Repetition and practice
• Feedback
3. In your teaching do you have a method for
holding students accountable for preparing for
class?
Previous iClicker poll results (compiled):
~24% → I don’t, but I ask/threaten really well.
~44% → I use a paper method (quiz, journal…)
~7% → I use a digital method (clickers, etc.)
~7% → I use Just inTimeTeaching.
~17% → I have some other method.
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4. OVERVIEW
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1. Motivation for change
2. Basics of Just inTimeTeaching
3. Mock example
4. Evidence for effectiveness
5. Summaries
8. FEEDBACK THAT WORKS
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“Improvement of performance is actually a
function of two perceptual processes.The
individual’s perception of the standards of
performance, and her/his perception of his/her
own performance.”
The Feedback Fallacy – Steve Falkenberg (via Linda Nilson)
10. JUST IN TIME TEACHING
Online pre-class assignments
(“WarmUps”)
First half:
• Conceptual questions, answered in sentences
• Graded on thoughtful effort
Second half:
• Responses are read “just in time”
• Instructor modifies the plan accordingly
• Aggregate and individual (anonymous)
responses are displayed in class.
Learner Teacher
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11. JUST IN TIME TEACHING
A different student role:
• Actively prepare for class
(not just reading/watching)
• Actively engage in class
• Compare your progress & plan accordingly
A different instructor role:
• Actively prepare for class with you
(not just going over last year’s notes )
• Modify class accordingly
• Create interactive engagement opportunities
Learner Teacher
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13. WARMUP QUESTIONS
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• Every-day language
• Occasional simple comprehension question
• Mostly higher level questions (a la Bloom)
• Perhaps any question is better than none
Connections to evidence:
–Pre-class work reduces working memory load
during class.
–Multimodal practice (not learning styles):
JiTT brings reading, writing and discussion as
modes of practice.
14. METACOGNITION
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Two questions in everyWarmUp:
First: “What aspect of the material did you find
the most difficult or interesting.”
Last: “How much time did you spend on the pre-
class work for tomorrow?”
Connections to evidence:
–Forced practice at metacognition:
Students regularly evaluate their own
interaction with the material.
15. CLOSING THE LOOP
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Student responses:
• Graded on thoughtful effort
• Sampled and categorized for display
• Quoted anonymously
Closing the loop:
• Respond to some students digitally
• Class time shifts to active engagement.
16. EFFECTIVE FEEDBACK
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Faulkenberg’s criteria for feedback:
• Feedback doesn’t work if students don’t
correctly perceive the performance standards.
• Feedback doesn’t work if students cannot
correctly evaluate their own performance.
JiTT feedback loop:
Clarify standards in low-stakes situations.
Allows students to judge whether they have
correctly evaluated their own performance.
17. EXAMPLE:WHIRLING BUCKET
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A bucket of water can be whirled in a
vertical circle without the water falling
out, even at the top of the circle when
the bucket is upside down. Explain…
~15% → An outward force holds it in
~30% → An inward force holds it in
~20% → Talked (correctly!) about
acceleration & velocity… but
didn't really answer.
~10% → Nailed it! (or close enough)
18. EXAMPLE:WHIRLING BUCKET
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“The water doesn't come out because you
twirling the bucket is applying the force of
spinning, and the water just kind of
counteracts that motion.”
“Because the water naturally wants to keep
traveling in the same direction its being
whirled around in the water attempts to
continue going up in a straight line but the
bottom of the bucket forces it to stay in the
bucket, like when you are pushed by the door
of a car while making a turn.”
19. WHAT TOOLS TO USE?
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• CMS/LMS (Blackboard, D2L, Moodle, etc.)
Ready to use, tools… imperfect awful
• Free service from JiTTDL.org.
Designed just for JiTT, but extra login, and
the site has not been improved in ~5 years
• Students email responses
Easy! usually overwhelming and awful
• Blogging tools (WordPress)?
• New tools (TopHat, Learning Catalytics)?
22. STUDIED EFFECTIVENESS
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Used at hundreds of institutions
Dozens of studies/articles, in many disciplines:
Bio, Art Hist., Econ., Math, Psych., Chem., etc.
–Increase in content knowledge
–Improved student preparation for class
–Improved use of out-of-class time
–Increased attendance & engagement in class
–Improvement in affective measures
23. STUDENT FEEDBACK ON JITT
315 students in 7 classes over 4 terms (roughly ±6%)
The WarmUps have…
Agreed or
Strongly Agreed
…helped me to be more prepared
for class than I would otherwise be.
70%
…helped me to be more engaged in
class than I would otherwise be.
80%
…helped me to learn the material
better than I otherwise would
64%
…been worth the time they
required to complete
57%
24. WHAT MIGHT STOPYOU?
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In terms of the technique:
Time, coverage, not doing your part, pushback…
In terms of the technology:
Learning curve, tech. failures, perfectionism…
In any reform of your teaching:
Reinventing, no support, too much at once…
25. MY SUMMARY
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JiTT may be among the easiest research-based
instructional strategies that you can
consistently integrate into your teaching.
From an evidence-based perspective, JiTT
addresses often-neglected areas.
Be prepared to find that students know less than
we might hope. (Perhaps freeing?)
26. YOUR SUMMARY
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What part of JiTT concept/process is the fuzziest
for you after this talk?
What is the biggest reason you might not give
JiTT a try in one course next term?
Contact Jeff: Jeff.Loats@gmail.com
Slides: www.slideshare.net/JeffLoats
I love talking and working with faculty,
don’t hesitate to get in touch.
27. JITT REFERENCES & RESOURCES
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Simkins, Scott and Maier, Mark (Eds.) (2010) Just inTimeTeaching:Across the Disciplines, Across the Academy, Stylus Publishing.
Gregor M. Novak, AndrewGavrini,Wolfgang Christian, Evelyn Patterson (1999) Just-in-TimeTeaching: BlendingActive Learning with
WebTechnology. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River NJ.
K.A. Marrs, and G. Novak. (2004). Just-in-TimeTeaching in Biology: Creating an Active LearnerClassroom Using the Internet. Cell
Biology Education, v. 3, p. 49-61.
Jay R. Howard (2004). Just-in-TimeTeaching in Sociology or How I Convinced My Students toActually Read the Assignment. Teaching
Sociology,Vol. 32 (No. 4 ). pp. 385-390. Published by:American SociologicalAssociation
StableURL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3649666
S. Linneman,T. Plake (2006). Searching for the Difference:A ControlledTest of Just-in-TimeTeaching for Large-Enrollment
IntroductoryGeologyCourses. Journal of Geoscience Education,Vol. 54 (No. 1)
StableURL:http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/jan06.html#v54p18
Editor's Notes
“Learning technologies should be designed to increase, and not to reduce, the amount of personal contact between students and faculty on intellectual issues.”Study Group on the Conditions of Excellence in American Higher Education, 1984
Bombarded:hybrid courses, brain-based learning, blended courses, technology in the classroom, learner-centered teaching, etc.Focus and attentionNo such thing as multitasking, etc.Using emotions appropriatelyA little anxiety is good, a bit more is bad, etc.
About ~20 years ago, physics teachers began treating education as a research topic!Their findings were pretty grim"But the students do fine on my exams!“It appeared that students had been engaging in “surface learning” allowing them to solve problems algorithmically without actually understanding the concepts.
Was this just at Harvard (silly question)!Data from H.S., 2-year, 4-year, universities, etc.0.23 Hake gain on the FCI means that of the newtonian physics they could have learned in physics class, they learned 23% of it.Conclusion: Traditional physics lectures are all similarly (in)effective in improving conceptual understanding.
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Jeff’s results: Depending on the class 60-80% of my students do their WarmUps, self-reporting that they spend ~40 minutes reading/responding (very consistent average)
Questions are about NEW material
Results for time-spent question: A pretty steady average of ~40 minutes across many courses/levels/cohorts
Misconceptions, good efforts, superior explanations, metacognition, etc.Incorrect or incomplete responses are often particularly useful for classroom discussion.
Regarding clarifying of standards: Allows us to show model responses that are not teacher-generated.
Is this just about new energy being put into an old class?(This is a difficult confounding factor in assessing new teaching techniques.)