Turning To Your Neighbor with Peer Instruction

Presentation Date: 

Monday, June 3, 2013

Location: 

Turning Technologies User Conference, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Peer Instruction (PI) is a teaching method that leverages the power of cutting-edge learning technologies, such as clickers, to transform learning. The centerpiece of PI is the ConcepTest, a short interactive question that helps uncover student misconceptions. In this presentation, we will use clickers to examine two big, open questions frequently posed by Peer Instruction and clicker users: Should I ask my students to vote first, before turning to their neighbor to discuss? And, should I show my students the results of clicker polls, before I cue them to turn to their neighbors?