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Peer Instruction: A Teaching Method to Foster Deep Understanding

By Beth Simon, Quintin Cutts
Communications of the ACM, February 2012, Vol. 55 No. 2, Pages 27-29
10.1145/2076450.2076459
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Anonymous

January 23, 2012 05:03

I teach pharmacy technician students clinical math. On quiz days it is painfully obvious that my students don't get the mathn evven after lab demonstrations. This semester I have divided the classroom into tables/groups. It is too early to tell if peer instruction is helping. But I do knoiw that lecture and powerpoints are not working.So I will keep you posted via twitter. @mdBallsr,

Americo Contreras

February 08, 2012 11:36

I teach quality managment and information technology. This is a very good method to overcome lecture disadvantages.

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