Just-in-Time Teaching Exercises to Engage Students in an Introductory-Level Dinosaur Course |
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| Authors: | Laura A Guertin Sarah E Zappe and Heeyoung Kim |
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| Institution: | (1) Earth Science, Penn State Delaware County, 25 Yearsley Mill Road, Media, PA 19063, USA;(2) Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16801, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) technique allows students to be engaged in course material outside of the classroom by answering
web-based questions. The responses are summarized and presented to students in class with a follow-up active learning exercise.
College students enrolled in an introductory-level general education geoscience course were surveyed over a two-semester period
on their engagement level during lecture and perceived learning of course content. Data show that students are able to reflect
on their prior knowledge and construct new knowledge with weekly graded JiTT exercises. Despite increasing and competing pressures
outside of the classroom, students reported increased learning and engagement in a course with required weekly assignments. |
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| Keywords: | Just-in-Time Teaching Dinosaur Pedagogy Introductory-level courses |
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