scholarly journals A combination of active learning strategies improves student academic outcomes in first-year paramedic bioscience

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Puspha Sinnayah ◽  
Joseph A. Rathner ◽  
Daniel Loton ◽  
Rudi Klein ◽  
Peter Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Inquiry Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Guided Inquiry ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Assessment Outcomes ◽  
Small Team

Bioscience is a foundational unit (subject) of undergraduate allied health degree programs, providing students the scientific basis underpinning their clinical practice. However, despite its significance, bioscience is a difficult academic hurdle for many students to master. The introduction of active learning strategies, including small team-based guided-inquiry learning approaches, has been shown to significantly reduce this hurdle and improve assessment outcomes for the learner. Guided team-based activities can aid in this approach by also building broader skills and capabilities, like teamwork and communication, as well as subject-specific knowledge and skills, thereby positively influencing student assessment outcomes. This paper details the redesign and evaluation of two first-year Bioscience for Paramedics units with the introduction of guided-inquiry learning, as well as other active learning strategies, and assesses their impact on student performance. Results indicate that active learning used within a classroom and in the large lecture theater setting improved students’ grades with positive student perception of their learning experience.

scholarly journals Redesigning first year anatomy and physiology subjects for allied health students: Impact of active learning strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Andrea Zimanyi ◽  
Nicholas F. Emtage ◽  
Pamela Lee Megaw
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
First Year ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Active Learning Strategies

To combat high failure rates in an Anatomy and Physiology for first year Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Sport Science students, a flipped classroom was introduced in 2015. It became apparent that students did not engage with materials prior to classes, but they did engage with in-class active learning strategies. In subsequent years of this study, our focus changed to delivery with student active learning in mind. The active learning approaches introduced resulted in improvements in academic performance for all three student cohorts. Occupational Therapy students’ marks improved by 12.9% when comparing pre-intervention (2014) results to the end of the post-intervention period (2017), Physiotherapy students’ marks increased by 6.9%, while the greatest gains of 14.8% were seen in Sport Science students. When investigating the relationship between student performance and university entrance scores, students with high entrance scores demonstrated modest gains in performance, while those students with lower entrance scores benefited the most. Our results suggest that the introduction of active learning may result in the transition of the learning style of students under-prepared for university studies, to be more like those of more successful students; that is, to a deeper level of learning.

Using Active Learning Strategies to Motivate Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-51
Author(s):  
Kimberly R. Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
First Year ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Active Learning Strategies

Icouldn't believe my ears when i heard a colleague make this statement during my first year of teaching: “Eighth grade is the year that the students' brains are turned off.” Was it true? Were eighth-grade students really that hopeless? In my early years of teaching, I was on a mission to be the best mathematics teacher I could be by incorporating problem solving, reasoning, communication, and mathematical connections into each lesson. I wanted to take time to involve my students personally so that they could see how mathematics directly affects their lives. However, I quickly learned that there is “no one way to be a topnotch teacher” (Harmin 1998, p. 2).

scholarly journals A STUDY REVIEW OF ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGY IN IMPROVING STUDENTS' LEARNING MOTIVATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Ubabuddin
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Active Learning Strategy

Scope: Learning approaches that are considered effective and feasible to be applied in the current learning process are active learning strategies. By using an active learning strategy, students will be invited to always be involved and motivated to do their best in each learning process, so that students will become excited in participating in learning. Objective: This qualitative study presented the results of literature reviewed gathering from various theories, including national, international journals, books, internet and other literature to answer the problem formulation. Method: A serial of literature on active learning strategies that actively applied in most modern education were reviewed and presented to answer the research question. Findings: based on many experts in the fields of teaching and learning, the findings of this study were First, Active learning starts with questions, card short, the power of two, jigsaw, Index card match, picture and picture, cooperative script, problem based instruction, students team achievement devision, etc. Significance: The findings of this literature rewiewing has promoted students better thoughtful and understanding on material presented as participants engaging themselves with the lesson cores not simply just follow teacher's instruction. These findings are also so useful insight to keep student's concentration and improving learning achieving to the higher learning outcomes as demanded by instructional curriculum. Recomendation: Monotonous and teacher-focused learning is increasingly in demand and continues to be abandoned because it makes students bored and boring. With an effective approach it is hoped that learning objectives can be optimally achieved.

scholarly journals Agile and Active

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Cindy Cogswell ◽  
Scott Pauls ◽  
Adrienne Gauthier ◽  
Erin DeSilva
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Curricular Change ◽  
Course Redesign ◽  
What Works ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Student Grades ◽  
Introductory Calculus

It is well documented that the use of active learning strategies increases student learning (Freeman et al., 2014; Prince, 2004; Springer, Stanne, & Donovan, 1999). A key difficulty in innovating college mathematics is identifying and sustaining what works for both students and the faculty. This study discusses efforts to innovate and sustain curricular change in introductory calculus at a private, elite institution. To examine if incorporating active learning strategies made a difference in student performance, student grades in the redesigned course and performance in subsequent courses were analyzed. Using Austin’s 2011 framework to understand the context in which the course redesign took place, individual faculty and contextual barriers and “levers” to sustain change are discussed. Findings are applicable to other STEM disciplines and to colleges and universities in general. Next steps in this research include identifying how to scale change, including, perhaps, networks of faculty to implement and spread the reform on campus.

Implementation of Student Presentation-Based Active Learning (SPAL) Approach in Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiajun Xu
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Time Investment ◽  
Incomplete Coverage ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Class Period

Active learning approaches require a lot of time investment in student activities and engagement during the class period, which often leads to incomplete coverage of the course syllabus. Furthermore, it requires significant amount of time for the instructor to design and implement active learning strategies. All these shortcomings are often cited as the common hindrance in adopting student active learning. To address these widely recognized inhibiting factors, we recently implemented a new student active learning approach. This approach is based on the students’ presentation and hence termed as student presentation-based active learning (SPAL). Under this approach, students are given a reading assignment to prepare a PowerPoint presentation on well-defined conceptual topics, questions, or chapter modules. Reading assignments on a topic are administered 1–2 weeks before covering them in the class. This allows reasonable time for the self-comprehension of the suggested material for presentation preparation. Students were expected to rehearse the presentation and be prepared to complete it in the suggested time duration. During each lecture, one group of student would present the assigned topic to the class, and their presentations were graded according to the rubric focusing on the coverage of suggested topics, quality of presentation, and after presentation discussions. Peers and instructor provided feedback about the students’ presentation and unclear concepts. To understand the efficacy of this approach, this approach was implemented in Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Project I course in Fall 2016. Here the responses and insights garnered from this practice were presented, and discussion on the advantages and challenges associated with the adaptation of this approach in teaching engineering courses as compared to lecture based classroom education system. This paper can provide useful insights for instructors considering this approach or similar student active teaching approach in their courses.

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