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Electrical Engineering and Electronics Away Day 3 Oct 2012
Education Development DivisionJanet Strivens, Stuart McGugan, Dan Roberts
Teaching mixed abilities
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What ‘mixed abilities’?
Most obvious:- Language problems of international/Chinese
students- Maths weaknesses of UK students
But all classes are ‘mixed ability’:- Some students take longer to grasp an idea- Some may have missed a specific prior topic- Some may be ill, distracted…….
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Two common strategies
Flexible delivery:• Make lectures available online• Encourage students to access recorded lectures on
the same topic from other institutions• Add links/further resources to recorded lecturesPeer learning:• Make use of formal groupwork with pre-selected
groups• Encourage informal peer-group learning
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Flexible delivery – what to consider
• Will students attend lectures?• Will students feel neglected?• How easy is it to record a lecture and put into
VITAL?• Will students pick up misapprehensions?• Can opportunities be built in for students to
check their own understanding?• What does the evidence say?
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Peer learning – what to consider
• How much briefing do students need to work successfully in groups (and who does this and when?)
• How can groups be monitored to check they are functioning well?
• Do students understand the difference between collaborative learning and collusion? Do staff? Who explains this? When?
• What does the evidence say?