process-oriented guided inquiry learning (pogil) what is it?

PROCESS-ORIENTED GUIDED INQUIRY

LEARNING(POGIL)

WHAT IS IT?

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PROCESS-ORIENTED GUIDED INQUIRY

LEARNING(POGIL)

• DEVELOPED BY• Rick Moog F&M College• Diane Bunce The Catholic University

• Jennifer Lewis University of South Florida

Traditional Learning Strategy

Traditional

Classroom

Prof’s Job

Lecture

Source of Material

Professor

Student role

Passive listener; note taker

Learning Memorize notes after class

Emphasis Competition

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Goals of the POGIL Teaching Method

• Students are actively engaged and thinking in class

• Students discover concepts (rather than memorize facts)

• Students learn course content & key process skills

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“The true function of the teacher is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning… True teaching is not that which gives knowledge, but that which stimulates pupils to gain it...”

-- John Milton Gregory1884

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Constructivist Model of Learning

“Learning is not the transfer of material from the head of the teacher to the head of the learner intact, [but] the reconstruction of material in the mind of the learner.”

-A.H. JohnstoneJ. Chem. Ed., (1997) 74, 262.

Information Processing ModelA. H. Johnstone, J. Chem. Educ.

1997, 74, 262.Gazzaniga et al. Cognitive

Neuroscience, 1998.

?Events

ObservationsInstructions

Perception

Filter

WorkingMemory

Long Term Memory

Storing

Retrieving

previous knowledge

biases preferences likesmisconceptionsdislikes

Instructor

Students

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Guided Inquiry Approach

• Students work in groups• Students construct knowledge• Lessons use Learning Cycle paradigm• Students teach/discuss/learn from students

• Instructors construct lessons, and facilitate validate and reinforce learning

Research on Learning

Traditional

Classroom

Prof’s Job

Lecture

Source of Material

Professor

Student role

Passive listener;Note taker

Learning Memorize notes after class

Emphasis Competition

POGIL ClassroomHelp students learn

Specially designed “Learning Cycle” Activities

Active group discussion; interaction with professor; critical thinkingDiscover concepts during class, reinforce after class

Community, Co-operation

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Learning Cycle Activity

ExamineModel(data)

Critical Thinking Questions

Find Patterns& Relationships

in Data

diffuse misconceptions

in-class group work

Refinement

ConsensusDiscoverChemical Concept

boundaries, applications

home-work & readings

Reinforcement

Exploration Concept Invention Application

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POGIL:Guided Inquiry Approach

Process - Oriented Learning

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• Information Processing •Critical Thinking

• Problem Solving •Communication• Teamwork •Management• Assessment

TARGETED PROCESSES

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Conclusions from Research

on POGIL Chemistry

• Students learn as much chemistry

• There are lower failure and withdrawal rates

• Most students eventually come to like it

Compared to a traditional lecture course…

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Analysis of Student Outcomes

What is “success”?

• SUCCESS: C- or higher (ABC)

• LACK OF SUCCESS: Ds, Fs, and Withdrawals (DFW)

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POGIL General Chemistry at

Franklin & Marshall College

• Sections of about 24 students• “Lecture” F1990 - S1994: n = 420• POGIL F1994 - S1998: n = 485• Students randomly placed Fall semester• Students designate preference Spring semester (but not guaranteed to get their choice)

• Same instructors “before” and “after”

THE CONVINCING EVIDENCE

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% of Class Making

the Grade Indicated

THE RESULTS OF MY EXPERIMENT

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% of Class Making

the Grade Indicated

n = 110 in 9 Semesters: Fall 2009 to Spring 2013

Academic Standing Category

COMPARISON WITH FARRELL

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% Change From Lecture to

POGIL

What would the students be like in my dream class?

Able to think and read critically

Attentive – EnergizedSelf starting, Independent

learnersWilling to speak up -

ArticulateAsk insightful questionsAble to work in and lead

groups

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How do they become those students?

POGIL enabled my students to become my dream class

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