Proposal Title
Monitoring the level of active learning in your classroom and its impact on your students.
Session Type
Workshop
Room
FNB 2220
Start Date
3-7-2019 1:00 PM
Keywords
active learning
Abstract
My colleague, Dr, Sarah Eddy, and I developed a tool that instructors can use to determine how much and what kind of active learning they are doing in their classroom. Each of the elements in PORTAAL is evidence-based as each has been shown in peer reviewed literature to improve student learning. We have used PORTAAL to review over 40 different instructors in our intro biology series and see a wide range of PORTAAL profiles.
In this workshop you will learn how to use PORTAAL to assess the types and amount of active learning in your classroom. You will also learn how to use PORTAAL as a guide for introducing key active learning activities in your classes.
We will also spend some time learning how to assess the academic challenge level of your exams and how to increase the challenge level using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Eddy, S.L., M. Converse, and M.P. Wenderoth. 2015. PORTAAL: a Practical Observation Tool to Assess Active Learning in the College Science Classroom. CBE- Life Science Education 14 (2):1-16
Crowe, A, C. Dirks, and M.P. Wenderoth. 2008. Biology in Bloom: Implementing Bloom’s Taxonomy to Enhance Student Learning in Biology. CBE-Life Sciences Education 7 (4): 368-381
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Monitoring the level of active learning in your classroom and its impact on your students.
FNB 2220
My colleague, Dr, Sarah Eddy, and I developed a tool that instructors can use to determine how much and what kind of active learning they are doing in their classroom. Each of the elements in PORTAAL is evidence-based as each has been shown in peer reviewed literature to improve student learning. We have used PORTAAL to review over 40 different instructors in our intro biology series and see a wide range of PORTAAL profiles.
In this workshop you will learn how to use PORTAAL to assess the types and amount of active learning in your classroom. You will also learn how to use PORTAAL as a guide for introducing key active learning activities in your classes.
We will also spend some time learning how to assess the academic challenge level of your exams and how to increase the challenge level using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Eddy, S.L., M. Converse, and M.P. Wenderoth. 2015. PORTAAL: a Practical Observation Tool to Assess Active Learning in the College Science Classroom. CBE- Life Science Education 14 (2):1-16
Crowe, A, C. Dirks, and M.P. Wenderoth. 2008. Biology in Bloom: Implementing Bloom’s Taxonomy to Enhance Student Learning in Biology. CBE-Life Sciences Education 7 (4): 368-381