Resources for active learning

• Secondary Analysis of Teaching Methods in Introductory Physics: a 50kStudent Study

take away message: Active learning of any kind is more effective than traditional lecturing, regardless of class size, institution types, incoming SAT scores, etc (data from 45,000 students in 600 classes)

• Social belonging exercise that increased the grades and persistence of underserved STEM students [Walton and Cohen - Science Advances 29 (Apr 2020); Science 18 (March 2011)]

• Transparent assignment framework

example of such assignment here

• Think-Pair-Share: conceptually challenging multiple choice questions + classroom feedback: Link1: Ed Prather slides from University of Arizona