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Participation is More than Attendance
Author(s) -
Woods Donald R.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1996.tb00230.x
Subject(s) - attendance , class (philosophy) , process (computing) , mathematics education , psychology , reflection (computer programming) , medical education , student activities , pedagogy , computer science , political science , medicine , artificial intelligence , law , programming language , operating system
Here is a novel approach to stimulate active student participation in lecture classes. Students designed an instrument to assess involvement in class discussion. The students then used the instrument. Each student was responsible for observing and assessing one classmate. The teacher monitored the process by collecting the instruments and recording the assessments before forwarding the results to each student. A dramatic increase in the level of active student participation was subsequently observed, to an extent that further use of the instrument was considered unnecessary. Ideas are given about how to introduce reflection and assessment into your classes, how to develop students' skill in assessment and how to develop instruments, in general, with a specific example of how to do this for participation. Ideas are given on how to use the instrument in other contexts, such as participation in design projects, group laboratory activities, or active participation in lecture/discussions. Practical suggestions are presented about how to implement changes in the classroom.