Interactive Teaching DVD: Promoting Better Learning Using Peer Instruction and Just-In-Time Teaching

1. Getting Started: An Overview

The documentary “FROM QUESTIONS TO CONCEPTS” provides an introduction to “Interactive Teaching.” Join Eric Mazur and his students as they work towards a deeper understanding of the basic physics concepts taught in his course. “How It All Fits Together” shows how the PI and JiTT techniques complement each other.

 

2. Just-in-Time Teaching

Learn how JiTT gives you valuable pre-class feedback from your students that allows you to address their understanding and any possible confusion directly.

 

3. Peer Instruction

Walk step-by-step through the implementation of PI, and explore strategies for integrating PI into your classroom.Use the interactive “Try-It-Out” section to experience the student’s side of the question-and-answer approach in a Peer Instruction lecture.

 

4. FAQs

Will interactive teaching work in your classroom? How effective is it? How do students react? This section provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions and includes research data as well as faculty and student reactions to the techniques.

 

5. Resources

To connect with other instructors who have implemented these techniques across a range of disciplines, find materials, and obtain up-to-date information, visit the companion Website:

 

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