Turns out people from all over the world have some common questions about Peer Instruction. Let’s start with the most basic of all–as Brian from Ireland, Raquel from the Dominican Republic, and Daniel from Bakersfield California recently asked, “What is Peer Instruction?” This video from the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University, [...]
Peer Instruction Network The global community for potential and current users of Peer Instruction. On www.peerinstruction.net, we are registering members to be part of the network. In the near future, we will launch site features which allow you to network with other members in their cities, disciplines, universities, and more. Turn to Your Neighbor: The [...]
Peer Instruction: A research-based method for flipping your classroom. While “flipping the classroom” may seem like a recent phenomenon, Peer Instruction, developed in the early 1990s, has always elevated that core educational site to a place where much more than information delivery transpires. Backed by more than 20 years of research, PI transforms classrooms from [...]
Student resistance to interactive teaching has been a hot topic on education list-serves over the past two weeks. Much of the conversation has centered around the following Chronicle article: http://chronicle.com/article/How-Flipping-the-Classroom/130857/ One reason students resist Peer Instruction is that by the time they arrive in our classrooms, most of them have spent nearly 15 years in [...]
A common question about Peer Instruction is, where can you find ConcepTests for your discipline? There are a number of databases for ConcepTest questions on the web. You can find hundreds of ConcepTests at www.learningcatalytics.com, for example. When Eric and I are searching for ConcepTests in a particular discipline, we use the following search: <your [...]
Bob at University of Luxembourg posted a fantastic question on www.peerinstruction.net relevant to the social sciences. He asks, “How do you develop ConcepTests for knowledge domains where it’s less obvious what are the established theories, facts and opinions?” First, for those of you who do not know, ConcepTests are short conceptual questions used in Peer Instruction. Once [...]
