ASPECT: A Survey to Assess Student Perspective of Engagement in an Active-Learning Classroom.

ABSTRACT: The primary measure used to determine relative effectiveness of in-class activities has been student performance on pre/posttests. However, in today's active-learning classrooms, learning is a social activity, requiring students to interact and learn from their peers. To develop effective active-learning exercises that engage students, it is important to gain a more holistic view of the student experience in an active-learning classroom. We have taken a mixed-methods approach to iteratively develop and validate a 16-item survey to measure multiple facets of the student experience during active-learning exercises. The instrument, which we call Assessing Student Perspective of Engagement in Class Tool (ASPECT), was administered to a large introductory biology class, and student responses wer

SUBMITTER: Wiggins BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459250 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature