My presentation on actively involving students in science teaching

2. Deirdre Bonnycastle
University Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan, Canada

4. There IS evidence that
active learning, student-
centered approaches to
teaching physiology work,
and they work better than
more passive approaches.
-Joel Michael
Where's the evidence that active learning works? 2006
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6. LEARNED
Student Perspective Teacher Perspective

9. Paul T. Corrigan, 2013

10. FIRST YOU’VE GOT
TO GET THEIR
ATTENTION!
1. Anonymous
opinion polls
2. Jigsaw
puzzles
3. Peer
Instruction
Quiz
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11. TRY IT
https://www.mentimeter.com/s/2d26f1b32ad
c183276b2b6604f252884/226ca4da7d81

12. JIGSAW
1. Divide the class into 5 groups ABCDE
2. Assign each group a different pre-
reading

13. Re-divide the class into 5 new groups
so that one person from ABCDE is in
the new team
1-ABCDE
2-ABCDE
Etc.
Explain what they learned to team
mates
and draw a MindMap

14. MindMeister Collaborative
Concept Map
https://www.mindmeister.com/

15. PEER INSTRUCTION QUIZ
1. Quiz
2. 60-79% pair
3. Retest
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Thank you Dr. Eric Mazur

18. 1.Involve them in the conversation
2.Role model how you think
3.Physically involve them
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19. 1. INVOLVE THEM
http://answergarden.ch/view/173853

20. 2. ROLE MODEL

21. THE FIRST QUESTION I WOULD
ASK MYSELF IS “HOW DO A
CATEGORIZE ANTIFUNGAL
DRUGS?”
Antifungal
Drugs
Polyenes
Bind to Steroids
in membrane
THE SECOND QUESTION
WOULD BE “HOW DO THESE
DRUGS WORK?”

22. 3. PHYSICALLY INVOLVE
THEM
https://youtu.be/Yk-4KKsPEvo

24. 1.Use Reflective Questions
2.Quiz Them on Key Takeaways
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25. • What is the most important thing you’ve
learned so far today?
• What’s piquing your curiosity? What can you
do when you leave class today to satisfy this
curiosity?
• What contributions have you made to our
learning today? How could you give a little
more?

26. Yawnbuster
allows you to
create
PowerPoint
tools you can
type on and
save.

27. Resources
Teaching Professor Tips App
http://www.magnapubs.com/teaching-tips-app/
MindMeister Collaborative Mindmap
https://www.mindmeister.com/
Mentimeter https://www.mentimeter.com/
Answer Garden http://answergarden.ch/
Yawnbuster Interactive PowerPoint
http://www.yawnbuster.com/

28. Tommy Douglas

29. Thank You