Educational Outcomes and Student Participation Study
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Which classroom technique has been shown to produce better educational outcomes?

  • Traditional lectures
  • Online courses
  • Self-study
  • Active-learning strategies (correct)

    • Who is the lead author of the study mentioned in the text?

  • Logan McCarty
  • Kelly Miller
  • Greg Kestin
  • Louis Deslauriers (correct)

    • 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 (correct)
  • Students learn more from traditional lectures than active-learning strategies
  • Students prefer traditional lectures over active-learning strategies
  • Active-learning strategies have no impact on student learning

    • Why were many students and faculty hesitant to switch to active learning, according to the text?

    <p>They preferred traditional lectures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is now a physics lecturer at the University of California, Merced, as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Kristina Callaghan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the authors find when comparing students' perception of learning with their actual test scores?

    <p>Students believed they learned more from lectures, but scored higher on tests after active learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it mentioned in the text that 'Actual learning and feeling of learning were strongly anticorrelated'?

    <p>To highlight that students often feel they are learning more from traditional lectures than they actually are.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the experiment conducted by Deslauriers and his co-authors differentiate between traditional lectures and active learning sessions?

    <p>Half the class was randomly assigned to classrooms using active learning while the other half attended highly polished lectures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do students sometimes misinterpret active learning as a sign of poor learning?

    <p>Because active learning requires more effort and can initially feel frustrating.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What effect did transforming courses at Harvard to active learning have on overall course evaluations?

    <p>Overall course evaluations improved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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