hcc inspire learner-centered strategy
DESCRIPTION
HCC INSPIRE Learner-Centered Strategy. Active Collaborative Real-World. Where can I start?. ConcepTest Real-time diagnostic teaching tool Test for conceptual understanding Foster critical thinking and metacognition - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HCC INSPIRELearner-Centered Strategy
• Active• Collaborative
• Real-World
Where can I start?
ConcepTest • Real-time diagnostic teaching tool
• Test for conceptual understanding
• Foster critical thinking and metacognition
• Eric Mazur (Harvard, Physics): “You can forget facts, but you cannot forget understanding”
Waves
wave = disturbance or oscillation that travels through space and matter
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/images/motion/wavediagram.gif
Waves
http://thefloatingcork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cropped-cork.jpg
ConcepTest(NO talking please!)
At which location in the diagram below would the waves break closer to the beach?
Answer A Answer B Answer C
http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/interactive/conctest.html
Now explain WHY
At which location in the diagram below would the waves break closer to the beach?
Answer A Answer B Answer C
http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/interactive/conctest.html
8
http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/sea/wave.gif
ConcepTest Characteristics
• Focus on a single concept (not simple fact)• Clearly worded • Multiple choice
• Distractors cover commonly held misconceptions• Intermediate difficulty (Bloom’s application level)
• May or may not have a correct answer• Used for think-pair-share or small group discussion
• Involve metacognition (explain WHY)
ConcepTestUse
Lasry, N., Mazur, E., & Watkins, J. (2008). Peer instruction: From Harvard to community colleges. American Journal of Physics, 76(11), 1066-69
BEWARE…
• Students may simply change their answer to whatever was most popular.
• Don’t let them wait you out either! Never answer your own ConcepTest. Re-visit, re-vote.
SO… • It’s not about getting it right or wrong, it’s about articulating (and hearing)
WHY it is right or WHY it is wrong, or WHY a student agrees or does not agree.
• STUDENTS must DEFEND their answer.
• Mistakes = OPPORTUNITIES for learning BEFORE the test.11
ConcepTestDos and Don’ts
HCC INSPIREConcepTest Resource:
• http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/resources/SEI_video.html
Web-Based Clicker Systems:• http://www.socrative.com/
• http://www.polleverywhere.com/classroom-response-system• https://www.tophatmonocle.com/
• http://www.smspoll.net/• http://www.clickerschool.com/Pages/SignedOutHome.aspx
• http://www.shakespeak.com/
• For a clicker system comparison see: http://www.polleverywhere.com/vs
