Peer Instruction Advice
Published July 17, 2012 at 5:15 pm - No Comments
**We are beginning an e-support program for those new to Peer Instruction. We are forming small groups of new adopters and experienced PI faculty to discuss issues/concerns. If you are interested in participating, please sign up here.**
Implementing Peer Instruction is not (necessarily) the same as “using clickers.” Like any tool, clickers can be used for good or ill. Below we share some advice on how to get started using Peer Instruction, advice for helping students understand why it’s valuable, an instructor “cheat sheet” to take with you to class, and specific tips on things that we see instructors tend to do but should be avoided.
- Getting Started: Step by Step
- Help Students Understand Why (coming soon)
- In-Class Instructor Cheat Sheet
- Things Not to Do (that seemed like a good idea at the time)
- Turn to Your Neighbor: The official blog of Peer Instruction. Latest news and discussion about use of Peer Instruction in many fields of study, not just computer science.
Latest Research
Published July 17, 2012 at 5:05 pm - No Comments
What have people published about Peer Instruction in Computing? Here are some things we think you might find useful or interesting, updated periodically with the latest findings:
Halving Fail Rates Using Peer Instruction: A Study of Four Computer Science Courses
Leo Porter, Cynthia Bailey Lee, Beth Simon.
To appear in SIGCSE 2013
How We Teach Impacts Student Learning: Peer Instruction vs. Lecture in CS0
Jaime Spacco, Beth Simon, Julian Parris.
To appear in SIGCSE 2013
Experience Report: CS1 in MATLAB for Non-Majors, with Media Computation and Peer Instruction
Cynthia Bailey Lee.
To appear in SIGCSE 2013
Peer Instruction in Computing: the Role of Reading Quizzes
Daniel Zingaro, Cynthia Bailey Lee, Leo Porter.
To appear in SIGCSE 2013
Retaining 18-30% more Majors with a Trio of Instructional Best Practices in CS1
Leo Porter, Beth Simon.
To appear in SIGCSE 2013
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Latest headlines from “Turn to Your Neighbor”: the official Peer Instruction blog- 3 easy ways to use clickers and Peer Instruction in the Arts and Humanities
- 8 tips for transitioning to clickers when flipping your class with Peer Instruction
- A two minute video shows the power of using Peer Instruction to flip your classroom
- What is a flipped classroom? (in 60 seconds)
- The 2 most powerful flipped classroom tips I have learned so far
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