Structuring Materials to Support Student Learning: Analysis of Instructional Materials from a Professional Development Workshop.

ABSTRACT: Faculty development programs play a crucial role in enhancing learning by equipping educators with the necessary skills, knowledge, and pedagogical strategies to teach more effectively. One such program is the Promoting Active Learning in Analytical Chemistry (PALAC) workshop, which aimed to educate faculty on methods to create and use active learning course materials to support students during the process of learning. This research aimed to assess the design of classroom instructional materials generated by faculty that attended the PALAC workshops. The theories of Vygotsky's zone of proximal development and scaffolding were used as lenses to characterize the materials because they describe the benefits of providing support through the process of developing knowledge. The active learning

SUBMITTER: Kreps A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11562375 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature