Activities for Students: Calendar Analysis: Blue Moons

2012 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 220-227
Author(s):  
Neil C. Schwertman ◽  
Kate Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Full Moon ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
Quantitative Reasoning ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Reasoning Skills ◽  
Excellent Tool

Analysis of a rare event such as a blue moon (defined today as the second full moon in a month) can provide an interesting exercise that develops quantitative reasoning skills. Research by Whitacre and Nickerson (2006), Grouws and Cebulla (2000), Hill and Ball (2004), and Greeno and Hall (1997), for example, shows that active learning such as classroom activities for individuals or small groups is an excellent tool for stimulating students.

scholarly journals 6. Moving (Literally) to Engage Students: Putting the (Physically) Active in Active Learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Strean
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
The Body ◽  
Optimal Experience ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Experiential Process ◽  
Whole Student

This paper explores a variety of practices and classroom activities that engage the whole student. Grounded in a somatic perspective (from “soma” meaning the body in its wholeness – the integration of thinking, feeling, and acting), the discussion shows how students can be brought fully into learning through movement, music, and interaction. Examples include: “The Leaders Body: Moving to the Next Level,” which incorporates postures, moving to selected music clips, and working in small groups to learn about five dispositions of the body (determination, openness, flexibility, stability, and centre); “Finding Flow,” which includes an experiential process in groups of five that brings alive the spectrum from boredom to optimal experience to anxiety; and “Building a Humour Body,” which is based on both Reich’s (1960) notions about armoring and the chakra system.

scholarly journals Mathematics Instruction to Promote Mathematics Higher-Order Thinking Skills of Students in Indonesia: Moving Forward

TEM Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1945-1954
Author(s):  
Benidiktus Tanujaya ◽  
Rully Charitas Indra Prahmana ◽  
Jeinne Mumu
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
And Mathematics

HOTS instruction in mathematics is rarely explicitly programmed by the schoolteacher. As a result, students' HOTS is at the lowest level, especially in national or international assessments. The purpose of this research is to determine why mathematics education in Indonesia does not have a significant effect on student HOTS by conducting a review of several Indonesian publications on the subject. This research is a qualitative method of literature review related to the HOTS of Indonesian mathematics students, and an organized interview triangulated to support the data and information from the literature review. The interview consisted of two critical questions administered using Google Form: implementing active learning and mathematics textbooks on mathematics classroom activities. The results concluded that there were two primary sources of error in mathematics learning to increase HOTS in Indonesia: active learning and current mathematics textbooks. Besides, in teaching and learning practices, the active learning model is rarely used when using official texts that do not promote HOTS for mathematics students in Indonesia.

Pengembangan Paket Strategi Pembelajaran Aktif

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Supardi Supardi
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
State Institute ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Is Research

This research is aimed at developing active learning tools to improve the effectiveness of the instructional strategy lectures at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of State Institute for Islamic Studies (FITK IAIN) Mataram. The method of this research is research and development (R&D) that was started with the process of needs assessment, the design of prototype of active learning tools that were tested in the next process by meansof expert validation, one to one, small groups, whole class, and effectiveness trials. The result of the trials on the developed product showed that its use had been effectively improved the students contribution during teaching and learning activities if compared to the students contribution in conventional learning process.

A Method Based on Self-Study Log Information for Improving Effectiveness of Classroom Component in Flipped Classroom Approach

2016 ◽  
pp. 1818-1834
Author(s):  
Katsuyuki Umezawa ◽  
Takashi Ishida ◽  
Michitaka Aramoto ◽  
Manabu Kobayashi ◽  
Makoto Nakazawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Self Study ◽  
E Learning

The flipped classroom approach has recently begun to attract attention. In a flipped classroom, the conventional roles of classroom and homework are reversed: students study on their own using digital teaching materials or e-learning prior to class and then apply their learning in classroom activities. The authors have developed a method for improving the effectiveness of the classroom component: the students in a class are grouped on the basis of the time they spent studying (as recorded in their self-study logs) and their degree of understanding (as revealed by a self-study achievement test), and a different learning model is used for each group to improve their degree of understanding. Although they were unable to find a meaningful statistical difference in the test scores obtained in an experiment using one class of 34 students, there was a notable difference in the way questions were answered. The results of a free-description questionnaire indicate that the group learning encourages active learning.

scholarly journals Criticism and Interpretation: Teaching the Persuasive Aspects of Research Articles

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Gillen
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Scientific Process ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Criticism And Interpretation ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
Professional Audience ◽  
Excellent Tool ◽  
Interpretation Of Results

Research articles are an excellent tool for promoting active learning about the scientific process. One difficulty in teaching research articles is that they address a professional audience and often seek to be persuasive as well as informative. This essay discusses pedagogical strategies that are intended to help students differentiate the purely informative aspects of research articles, such as descriptions of the methods and results, from the persuasive aspects, such as interpretation of results and critical evaluation of the work of other scientists.

An Active Learning Approach for Teaching Undergraduate Heat Transfer

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Pate
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Lecture Time

A novel method for teaching undergraduate heat transfer by using an active learning approach is presented. The method focuses on minimizing lecture time and maximizing student engagement. Learning is achieved by forming small groups of two to three students who then work on in-class graded assignments.

scholarly journals Investigating Small-Group Cognitive Engagement in General Chemistry Learning Activities Using Qualitative Content Analysis and the ICAP Framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safaa Y. El-Mansy ◽  
Jack Barbera ◽  
Alissa J. Hartig
Keyword(s):  
General Chemistry ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Chemistry Learning

The level of students’ engagement during active learning activities conducted in small groups is important to understanding the effectiveness of these activities. The Interactive-Constructive-Active-Passive (ICAP) framework is a way to...

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