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How to Teach Without Relying on Lecture
"In the traditional approach to college teaching, most class time is spent with the professor lecturing and the students watching and listening. The students work individually on assignments, and cooperation is discouraged.
Such teacher-centered instructional methods have repeatedly been found inferior to instruction that involves active learning, in which students solve problems, answer questions, formulate questions of their own, discuss, explain, debate, or brainstorm during class, and cooperative learning, in which students work in teams on problems and projects under conditions that assure both positive interdependence and individual accountability. This conclusion applies whether the assessment measure is short-term mastery, long-term retention, or depth of understanding of course material, acquisition of critical thinking or creative problem-solving skills, formation of positive attitudes toward the subject being taught, or level of confidence in knowledge or skills."
----Richard Felder, Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
Active and Cooperative Learning
Richard Felder, North Carolina State University
Links to articles discussing Dr. Felder's research on active and collaborative learning and exploring strategies for implementation.
"Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom"
Charles C. Bonwell and James A. Eison, ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, ED340272, 1991
Student Learning Groups
Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Active Learning Works: The Evidence"
Geoff Petty, geoffpetty.com
"Pedagogical and Institutional Practices to Advance Student Achievement"
Ross Miller, Great Expectations National Panel, Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2001
"Leading and Faciliating Discussion"
Assistant in Instruction Handbook, Princeton University
Active Learning for the College Classroom
Donald Paulson and Jennifer Faust, California State University, Los Angeles
The Cooperative Learning Center
Roger T. Johnson and David W. Johnson, University of Minnesota
Established by two of the best-known researchers in cooperative learning, the Center provides resources and training on practical procedures related to cooperative learning, school-based decision making, academic controversy, decision-making controversy, conflict resolution, and peer mediation.
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