Faculty Perspectives On Using Peer Instruction: A National Study

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written by Chandra Turpen, Melissa H. Dancy, and Charles R. Henderson

We previously reported on the results of a national web survey of physics faculty about their instructional practices in introductory physics. A subset of 72 survey respondents were interviewed to better characterize how faculty interact with research-based instructional strategies (RBIS), use RBIS, and perceive their institutional contexts. Drawing from 15 interviews with self-reported users of Peer Instruction, we describe what faculty mean when they identify themselves as users of Peer Instruction. Meanings range from professors adopting the general philosophy of the instructional strategy (or what they believe to be the general philosophy) while inventing how it concretely applies in their classrooms to professors who use the instructional strategy as is, without significant modification. We describe common modifications that are made to Peer Instruction and the associated prevalence of these modifications.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 325-328

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Published: August 24, 2010

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education - Applied Research - Active Learning = Peer Instruction - Pedagogy = Instructional Issues Education - Basic Research - Sample Population = Instructor: Faculty	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Report = Research study

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DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515235
NSF Number:: 0715698
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Gb
Keywords:: faculty development, introductory physics, peer instruction, PERC 2010, dissemination
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 10, 2010 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: May 1, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010

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Turpen, C, M. Dancy, and C. Henderson. "Faculty Perspectives On Using Peer Instruction: A National Study." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10495&DocID=1951 (accessed 14 December 2024).

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Turpen, Chandra, Melissa Dancy, and Charles Henderson. "Faculty Perspectives On Using Peer Instruction: A National Study." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 325-328 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference. 14 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10495&DocID=1951>.

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