What is Peer Instruction…in 2 mins

May 1, 2014 · Best Practices, Clicker questions, Clickers, ConcepTests, Deep learning, Flipped classroom, homework, How to flip a class, How to flip your classroom, Implementation, Just-in-Time-Teaching, Peer Instruction, Quick start guide, What is a flipped classroom?

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Julie Schell Website: http://peerinstructi… Julie Schell is a Director and Assistant Clinical Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. She is also a research associate in the Mazur Group at Harvard University. Follow Julie on twitter @julieschell or at www.julieschell.com

In this post, I give a 2ish minute video primer on Peer Instruction and how to implement it with fidelity. The video has about 50 seconds of preamble and closing for 2.56 minutes total. This basic introduction includes a handful of quick tips for avoiding common pitfalls.

Some key ideas introduced in the video for which I recommend the linked supplemental readings are: flipped classrooms , pre-class assignments, ConcepTests, Peer Instruction Workflow, Voting Sequences, Displaying Results, Grouping Students for Productive Conversations, and Classroom Response Systems. Finally, if you are ready to get started using Peer Instruction, check out the Peer Instruction Quick Start Guide, which has been translated into several languages.