10 Questions
Which classroom technique has been shown to produce better educational outcomes?
Active-learning strategies
Who is the lead author of the study mentioned in the text?
Louis Deslauriers
What did the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show?
Students felt they learned more from lectures but actually learned more through active-learning strategies
Why were many students and faculty hesitant to switch to active learning, according to the text?
They preferred traditional lectures
Who is now a physics lecturer at the University of California, Merced, as mentioned in the text?
Kristina Callaghan
What did the authors find when comparing students' perception of learning with their actual test scores?
Students believed they learned more from lectures, but scored higher on tests after active learning.
Why is it mentioned in the text that 'Actual learning and feeling of learning were strongly anticorrelated'?
To highlight that students often feel they are learning more from traditional lectures than they actually are.
How did the experiment conducted by Deslauriers and his co-authors differentiate between traditional lectures and active learning sessions?
Half the class was randomly assigned to classrooms using active learning while the other half attended highly polished lectures.
Why do students sometimes misinterpret active learning as a sign of poor learning?
Because active learning requires more effort and can initially feel frustrating.
What effect did transforming courses at Harvard to active learning have on overall course evaluations?
Overall course evaluations improved.
Explore a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which highlights the benefits of student participation in the learning process. Learn about the importance of engaging students in the classroom for improved educational outcomes.
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