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November 27, 2005
Increasing Student Involvement in a Large Section
Jeff Gaines at San Jose State teaches the MIS class to 125 students in a two-hour session. During the first hour, he presents to the entire group. After the break he splits the class in half. One group of students goes to a lab to learn and complete application cases (using Access) and the other stays in the large lecture hall for discussion of a case or other active learning exercise. Next lecture, the groups switch places. He asks the students who remain in the lecture hall to change their seats and group together at the front of the room. Jeff reports that having the students clustered together in the large hall creates a sense of intimacy and fosters better discussion.
Posted by DavidK at November 27, 2005 10:21 AM | Permalink