WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD The Neighborhood is a special Turn To Your Neighbor series where we invite innovative educators from around the globe to discuss a variety of education topics. In this inaugural post of The Neighborhood, five classroom teachers from across grade levels discuss what happens when students teach each other using video. This strategy […]
Category archives for Small class sizes
In our first post of 2014, Peer Instruction Network member, Mr. George Phillip, describes how he moved from a thoughtful teacher to someone who is innovating in his social studies classroom with Flipped Teaching and Peer Instruction. While his unique twists on Peer Instruction evolved from a 5th and 6th grade classroom, they have implications […]
Looking for ways to engage your students during class time in a flipped classroom? Something that addresses the wide diversity of preparation among students in your class and works to improve student achievement and problem solving ability? Backed by 20 years of research, Peer Instruction is my favorite way to engage students in class when using a flipped […]
Last week, we heard from Peer Instruction Network member, Ryan Campbell, who teaches high school history using Peer Instruction. This is the second part in his 2-part series on how to adapt PI for use in high school settings. The Ten Non-Commandments for adapting Peer Instruction to the high school setting: Part 2 in a […]
Post by Ryan Campbell with an introduction by Julie Schell, June 2012 Many Peer Instruction Network members wonder if PI works in high schools and how. For example, Andrew from Tomball, Texas wants to know – What does PI look like in high schools and member Janet from Falls Church, Virginia asks, how can PI be well-integrated in high […]
As I have blogged about before, Peer Instruction (PI) users continue to express curiosity about whether PI can be used in small classes. Peer Instruction Network members(PINm) such as Hank, who teaches physics at Sweet Briar College in classes sometimes less than 10 students and Rich who teaches management at Bryant and Stratton college and […]
Peer Instruction Network member Dr. Cassandre Alvarado’s graduate classroom at the University of Texas at Austin is so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Her 18 students are sitting around a large oval table, silently staring at the front of the classroom, but not because they are listening to her lecture. Dr. Alvarado is implementing Peer […]
