Presentation Date:
Thursday, October 8, 1998
Location:
Forum on Education, Optical Society of America Annual Meeting (Baltimore, MD)
With Peer Instruction, the instructor of a large lecture class periodically poses conceptual questions to the students. Students answer these questions individually and then discuss them in small groups. A student described this method as ""turning a lecture into a seminar."" This approach enhances student learning by confronting and correcting student misconceptions and generates student enthusiasm in the process.