Technology-rich student-centered classrooms such as SCALE-UP and TEAL are designed
to actively engage students. We examine what happens when the design of the classroom (…

We compare the effectiveness of a first implementation of peer instruction (PI) in a two-year
college with the first PI implementation at a top-tier four-year research institution. We show …

A growing number of physics teachers are currently turning to instructional technologies
such as wireless handheld response systems—colloquially called clickers. Two possible …

With advocates like Sal Khan and Bill Gates, 1 flipped classrooms are attracting an increasing
amount of media and research attention. We had heard Khan's TED talk and were aware …

The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) has influenced the development of many research-based
pedagogies. However, no data exists on the FCI’s internal consistency or test-retest …

Previous research suggests that students’ prior knowledge can interfere with how they
observe and remember lecture demonstrations. We measured students’ prior knowledge in …

… a pre-post course conceptual survey, Lasry et al. showed that response times for incorrect
answers are longer than for correct responses [10]. Our study differs from Lasry et al. in that we …

Sobel’s piece is of importance because many of his claims are frequently heard in informal
contexts: between teachers in hallways or during departmental meetings. Although …

Virtually all human activity involves collaboration, and yet, collaboration during an examination
is typically considered cheating. Collaborative assessments have not been widely …

Peer Instruction (PI) is a widely used student-centered pedagogy, but one that is used
differently by different instructors. While all PI instructors survey their students with conceptual …