Effective Peer-to-Peer Education
by rrusczyk, Jul 24, 2009, 9:59 PM
I picked this excerpt out of an article on edge.org here:
This strikes me as a singularly good use of both technology and of peer-to-peer learning. I'm usually somewhat skeptical of "group learning", but this seems like a particularly good use of it: highly focused on issues the students don't understand, and not wasting time with it on issues most already understand (or none -- I imagine if the prof asks a question and only 5% get it right, he does some more teaching).
I'm not really sure we could realistically implement this in an AoPS class or in Alcumus; seems like this works better face-to-face, but I will do some thinking about how we might integrate this into AoPS in some way... Suggestions are welcome.
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This is fantastic as it not only engages every student in a large class, but shows them how they contribute to data collection and why it is important. It is also possible to use this technology in a different pedagogical mode. I ask the students a question, and they answer. If less than 75% of the class gets it wrong, I ask them to turn to their neighbor and discuss the problem. Virtually without fail, when they give their answer a second time, the scores go way up. Thus, I engage with the students, they engage each other, and a pedagogical circle has been formed. It is magic.
This strikes me as a singularly good use of both technology and of peer-to-peer learning. I'm usually somewhat skeptical of "group learning", but this seems like a particularly good use of it: highly focused on issues the students don't understand, and not wasting time with it on issues most already understand (or none -- I imagine if the prof asks a question and only 5% get it right, he does some more teaching).
I'm not really sure we could realistically implement this in an AoPS class or in Alcumus; seems like this works better face-to-face, but I will do some thinking about how we might integrate this into AoPS in some way... Suggestions are welcome.
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