Effectiveness of different tutorial recitation teaching methods and its implications for TA training

We present results from a comparative study of student understanding for students who attended recitation classes that used different teaching methods. Student volunteers from our introductory calculus-based physics course attended a special recitation class that was taught using one of four differe...

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Autores principales: Kathleen M. Koenig, Robert J. Endorf, Gregory A. Braun
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f9fed3a85c714e548ce2ea969dcb8f7d2021-12-02T11:11:35ZEffectiveness of different tutorial recitation teaching methods and its implications for TA training10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.0101041554-9178https://doaj.org/article/f9fed3a85c714e548ce2ea969dcb8f7d2007-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.010104http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.010104https://doaj.org/toc/1554-9178We present results from a comparative study of student understanding for students who attended recitation classes that used different teaching methods. Student volunteers from our introductory calculus-based physics course attended a special recitation class that was taught using one of four different teaching methods. A total of 272 students were divided into approximately equal groups for each method. Students in each class were taught the same topic, “Changes in Energy and Momentum,” from Tutorials in Introductory Physics. The different teaching methods varied in the amount of student and teacher engagement. Student understanding was evaluated through pre- and post-tests. Our results demonstrate the importance of the instructor’s role in teaching recitation classes. The most effective teaching method was for students working in cooperative learning groups with the instructors questioning the groups using Socratic dialogue. In addition, we investigated student preferences for modes of instruction through an open-ended survey. Our results provide guidance and evidence for the teaching methods that should be emphasized in training course instructors.Kathleen M. KoenigRobert J. EndorfGregory A. BraunAmerican Physical SocietyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691PhysicsQC1-999ENPhysical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research, Vol 3, Iss 1, p 010104 (2007)
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Effectiveness of different tutorial recitation teaching methods and its implications for TA training
description We present results from a comparative study of student understanding for students who attended recitation classes that used different teaching methods. Student volunteers from our introductory calculus-based physics course attended a special recitation class that was taught using one of four different teaching methods. A total of 272 students were divided into approximately equal groups for each method. Students in each class were taught the same topic, “Changes in Energy and Momentum,” from Tutorials in Introductory Physics. The different teaching methods varied in the amount of student and teacher engagement. Student understanding was evaluated through pre- and post-tests. Our results demonstrate the importance of the instructor’s role in teaching recitation classes. The most effective teaching method was for students working in cooperative learning groups with the instructors questioning the groups using Socratic dialogue. In addition, we investigated student preferences for modes of instruction through an open-ended survey. Our results provide guidance and evidence for the teaching methods that should be emphasized in training course instructors.
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