1. Design and Implementation of Active and Cooperative Learning in Large Classes - Overview - Karl A. Smith Engineering Education – Purdue University Civil Engineering - University of Minnesota ksmith@umn.edu - http://www.ce.umn.edu/~smith/ Michigan State University Spring Institute on Teaching and Learning May 2009

2. 2 It could well be that faculty members of the twenty-first century college or university will find it necessary to set aside their roles as teachers and instead become designers of learning experiences, processes, and environments. James Duderstadt, 1999 [Nuclear Engineering Professor; Dean, Provost and President of the University of Michigan]

3. 3 Workshop Layout Welcome & Overview Integrated Course Design (CAP Model) –Content –Assessment –Pedagogy Active & Cooperative Learning –Informal – Bookends on a Class Session –Formal – Problem-Based Cooperative Learning Design and Teamwork Features Wiggins & McTighe Backward Design Approach – Course, Class or Lab Session, and Learning Module Design: From Objectives and Evidence to Instruction Wrap-up and Next Steps

4. Session Objectives Participants will be able to –Explain rationale for Active and Cooperative Learning –Describe key features of Cooperative Learning –Apply cooperative learning to classroom practice –Describe key features of the Backward Design process – Content (outcomes) – Assessment - Pedagogy –Identify connections between cooperative learning and desired outcomes of courses and programs

5. Background Knowledge Survey Familiarity with –Approaches to Course Design Felder & Brent – Effective Course Design Fink – Creating Significant Learning Experiences Wiggins & McTighe – Understanding by Design (Backward Design) –Active and Cooperative Learning Strategies Informal – turn-to-your-neighbor Formal – cooperative problem-based learning –Research Student engagement – NSSE Cooperative learning How People Learn Responsibility –Individual course –Program –Accreditation –Other

6. 6 Effective Course Design Students Goals and Objectives Assessment ABET EC 2000 Bloom’s Taxonomy Course-specific goals & objectives Cooperative learning Lectures Labs Other experiences Classroom assessment techniques Tests Instruction Other measures Technology (Felder & Brent, 1999)

7. Backward Design Context Content Assessment Pedagogy C & A & P Alignment? End Start Yes No Integrated Course Design (Fink, 2003) 1. Situational Factors 2. Learning Goals 3. Feedback and Assessment 4. Teaching/Learning Activities 5. Integration Initial Design Phase CAP Design Process Flowchart

8. CAP Design Process (Shawn’s Model) Cloud of alignment Content Assessment Pedagogy Start End Context

9. Resources Smith, K. A., Douglas, T. C., & Cox, M. 2009. Supportive teaching and learning strategies in STEM education. In R. Baldwin, (Ed.). Improving the climate for undergraduate teaching in STEM fields. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 117, 19-32. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 117 Bransford, Vye and Bateman – Creating High Quality Learning EnvironmentsBransford, Vye and Bateman – Creating High Quality Learning Environments Pellegrino – Rethinking and Redesigning Curriculum, Instruction and AssessmentPellegrino – Rethinking and Redesigning Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

10. Designing Learning Environments Based on HPL (How People Learn)

11. Backward Design Wiggins & McTighe Stage 1. Identify Desired Results Stage 2. Determine Acceptable Evidence Stage 3. Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction Wiggins, Grant and McTighe, Jay. 1998. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD

12. 12 Shaping the Future: New Expectations for Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology – National Science Foundation, 1996 Goal – All students have access to supportive, excellent undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology, and all students learn these subjects by direct experience with the methods and processes of inquiry. Recommend that SME&T faculty: Believe and affirm that every student can learn, and model good practices that increase learning; starting with the student=s experience, but have high expectations within a supportive climate; and build inquiry, a sense of wonder and the excitement of discovery, plus communication and teamwork, critical thinking, and life-long learning skills into learning experiences.

13. Lila M. Smith

14. Pedago-pathologies Amnesia Fantasia Inertia Lee Shulman – MSU Med School – PBL Approach (late 60s – early 70s); Stanford University, Past President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of College Teaching Shulman, Lee S. 1999. Taking learning seriously. Change, 31 (4), 11-17.

15. 15 What do we do about these pathologies? – Lee Shulman Activity Reflection Collaboration Passion Shulman, Lee S. 1999. Taking learning seriously. Change, 31 (4), 11-17.

16. Lila M. Smith

17. 17 Pedagogies of Engagement

18. January 2, 2009—Science, Vol. 323 www.sciencemag.org Calls for evidence-based teaching practices MIT & Harvard – Engaged Pedagogy January 13, 2009—New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/13physics.html?em

19. http://web.mit.edu/edtech/casestudies/teal.html#video

20. http://www.ncsu.edu/PER/scaleup.html

21. Cooperative Learning Positive Interdependence Individual and Group Accountability Face-to-Face Promotive Interaction Teamwork Skills Group Processing

22. Cooperative Learning Research Support Johnson, D.W., Johnson, R.T., & Smith, K.A. 1998. Cooperative learning returns to college: What evidence is there that it works? Change, 30 (4), 26-35. Over 300 Experimental Studies First study conducted in 1924 High Generalizability Multiple Outcomes Outcomes 1. Achievement and retention 2. Critical thinking and higher-level reasoning 3. Differentiated views of others 4. Accurate understanding of others' perspectives 5. Liking for classmates and teacher 6.Liking for subject areas 7. Teamwork skills January 2005March 2007

23. Faculty interest in higher levels of inquiry in engineering education Source: Streveler, R., Borrego, M. and Smith, K.A. 2007. Moving from the “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” to “Educational Research:” An Example from Engineering. To Improve the Academy, Vol. 25, 139-149. Level 0 Teacher –Teach as taught Level 1 Effective Teacher –Teach using accepted teaching theories and practices Level 2 Scholarly Teacher –Assesses performance and makes improvements Level 3 Scholar of Teaching and Learning –Engages in educational experimentation, shares results Level 4 Engineering Education Researcher –Conducts educational research, publishes archival papers

24. 24 Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom Informal Cooperative Learning Groups Formal Cooperative Learning Groups Cooperative Base Groups See Cooperative Learning Handout (CL College-804.doc)

25. Cooperative Learning is instruction that involves people working in teams to accomplish a common goal, under conditions that involve both positive interdependence (all members must cooperate to complete the task) and individual and group accountability (each member is accountable for the complete final outcome). Key Concepts Positive Interdependence Individual and Group Accountability Face-to-Face Promotive Interaction Teamwork Skills Group Processing

26. 26 Individual & Group Accountability ?

27. 27 http://www.ce.umn.edu/~smith/docs/Smith-CL%20Handout%2008.pdf

28. 28 Book Ends on a Class Session

29. 29 Advance Organizer “The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.@ David Ausubel - Educational psychology: A cognitive approach, 1968.

30. Book Ends on a Class Session 1.Advance Organizer 2.Formulate-Share-Listen-Create (Turn- to-your-neighbor) -- repeated every 10- 12 minutes 3.Session Summary (Minute Paper) 1.What was the most useful or meaningful thing you learned during this session? 2.What question(s) remain uppermost in your mind as we end this session? 3.What was the “muddiest” point in this session?

31. 31 Advance Organizer “The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.” David Ausubel - Educational psychology: A cognitive approach, 1968.

32. 32 Quick Thinks Reorder the steps Paraphrase the idea Correct the error Support a statement Select the response Johnston, S. & Cooper,J. 1997. Quick thinks: Active- thinking in lecture classes and televised instruction. Cooperative learning and college teaching, 8(1), 2-7.

33. 33 Formulate-Share-Listen-Create Informal Cooperative Learning Group Introductory Pair Discussion of a FOCUS QUESTION 1.Formulate your response to the question individually 2.Share your answer with a partner 3.Listen carefully to your partner's answer 4.Work together to Create a new answer through discussion

34. 34 Minute Paper What was the most useful or meaningful thing you learned during this session? What question(s) remain uppermost in your mind as we end this session? What was the “muddiest” point in this session? Give an example or application Explain in your own words... Angelo, T.A. & Cross, K.P. 1993. Classroom assessment techniques: A handbook for college teachers. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

35. 35 Session Summary (Minute Paper) Reflect on the session: 1. Most interesting, valuable, useful thing you learned. 2. Things that helped you learn. 3. Question, comments, suggestions. 4.Pace: Too slow 1.... 5 Too fast 5.Relevance: Little 1... 5 Lots 6.Instructional Format: Ugh 1... 5 Ah

36. 36 Q4 – Pace: Too slow 1.... 5 Too fast (3.3) Q5 – Relevance: Little 1... 5 Lots (4.2) Q6 – Format: Ugh 1... 5 Ah (4.4) MOT 8221 – Spring 2009 – Session 1

37. 37 Informal CL (Book Ends on a Class Session) with Concept Tests Physics Peer Instruction Eric Mazur - Harvard – http://galileo.harvard.edu Peer Instruction – www.prenhall.com Richard Hake – http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ Chemistry Chemistry ConcepTests - UW Madison www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept Video: Making Lectures Interactive with ConcepTests ModularChem Consortium – http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu/ STEMTEC Video: How Change Happens: Breaking the “Teach as You Were Taught” Cycle – Films for the Humanities & Sciences – www.films.com Harvard Thinking Together & From Questions to Concepts Interactive Teaching in Physics : Derek Bok Center – www.fas.harvard.edu/~bok_cen/

38. Richard Hake (Interactive engagement vs traditional methods) http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ Traditional (lecture) Interactive (active/cooperative) = Concept Inventory Gain/Total

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40. 40 The “Hake” Plot of FCI Pretest (Percent) 0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00 35.00 20.0030.0040.0050.0060.0070.0080.00 ALS SDI WP PI(HU) ASU(nc) ASU(c) HU WP* UMn Traditional X UMn Cooperative Groups X UMn-CL+PS

41. 41 Physics (Mechanics) Concepts: The Force Concept Inventory (FCI) A 30 item multiple choice test to probe student's understanding of basic concepts in mechanics. The choice of topics is based on careful thought about what the fundamental issues and concepts are in Newtonian dynamics. Uses common speech rather than cueing specific physics principles. The distractors (wrong answers) are based on students' common inferences.

42. Informal Cooperative Learning Groups Can be used at any time Can be short term and ad hoc May be used to break up a long lecture Provides an opportunity for students to process material they have been listening to (Cognitive Rehearsal) Are especially effective in large lectures Include "book ends" procedure Are not as effective as Formal Cooperative Learning or Cooperative Base Groups

43. 43 Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom Informal Cooperative Learning Groups Formal Cooperative Learning Groups Cooperative Base Groups See Cooperative Learning Handout (CL College-804.doc)

44. Formal Cooperative Learning Task Groups

45. 45 http://www.aacu.org/advocacy/leap/documents/Re8097abcombined.pdf

46. 46 Top Three Main Engineering Work Activities Engineering Total Design – 36% Computer applications – 31% Management – 29% Civil/Architectural Management – 45% Design – 39% Computer applications – 20% Burton, L., Parker, L, & LeBold, W. 1998. U.S. engineering career trends. ASEE Prism, 7(9), 18-21.

47. 47 Teamwork Skills Communication Listening and Persuading Decision Making Conflict Management Leadership Trust and Loyalty

48. Design team failure is usually due to failed team dynamics (Leifer, Koseff & Lenshow, 1995). It’s the soft stuff that’s hard, the hard stuff is easy (Doug Wilde, quoted in Leifer, 1997) Professional Skills ( Shuman, L., Besterfield-Sacre, M., and McGourty, J., “The ABET Professional Skills-Can They Be Taught? Can They Be Assessed?” Journal of Engineering Education, Vo. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 41–55.)

49. 49 Teamwork

50. 50 Characteristics of Effective Teams ?

51. A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable SMALL NUMBER COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS COMMON PURPOSE & PERFORMANCE GOALS COMMON APPROACH MUTUAL ACCOUNTABILITY --Katzenbach & Smith (1993) The Wisdom of Teams

52. 52 Hackman – Leading Teams Real Team Compelling Direction Enabling Structure Supportive Organizational Context Available Expert Coaching https://research.wjh.harvard.edu/TDS/ Team Diagnostic Survey (TDS)

53. Group Processing Plus/Delta Format Plus (+) Things That Group Did Well Delta (Δ) Things Group Could Improve

54. 54 Professor's Role in Formal Cooperative Learning 1.Specifying Objectives 2.Making Decisions 3.Explaining Task, Positive Interdependence, and Individual Accountability 4.Monitoring and Intervening to Teach Skills 5.Evaluating Students' Achievement and Group Effectiveness

55. Formal Cooperative Learning – Types of Tasks 1.Jigsaw – Learning new conceptual/procedural material 2.Peer Composition or Editing 3.Reading Comprehension/Interpretation 4.Problem Solving, Project, or Presentation 5.Review/Correct Homework 6.Constructive Academic Controversy 7.Group Tests

56. 56 Challenged-Based Learning Problem-based learning Case-based learning Project-based learning Learning by design Inquiry learning Anchored instruction John Bransford, Nancy Vye and Helen Bateman. Creating High-Quality Learning Environments: Guidelines from Research on How People Learn

57. Challenge-Based Instruction with the Legacy Cycle Legacy Cycle The Challenges Generate Ideas Multiple Perspectives Research & Revise Test Your Mettle Go Public 57 https://repo.vanth.org/portal/public-content/star-legacy-cycle/star-legacy-cycle

58. Kolb=s Experiential Learning Cycle Observation and Reflections Concrete Experience Formulation of abstract concepts and generalizations Testing implications of concepts in new situations

59. Engage Explore Explain Elaborate Evaluate 5 E Learning Cycle Model http://faculty.mwsu.edu/west/maryann.coe/coe/inquire/inquiry.htm

60. 60 Problem-Based Learning Problem posed Identify what we need to know Learn it Apply it START

61. 61 Problem Based Cooperative Learning Format TASK: Solve the problem(s) or Complete the project. INDIVIDUAL: Estimate answer. Note strategy. COOPERATIVE: One set of answers from the group, strive for agreement, make sure everyone is able to explain the strategies used to solve each problem. EXPECTED CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS: Everyone must be able to explain the strategies used to solve each problem. EVALUATION: Best answer within available resources or constraints. INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABILITY: One member from your group may be randomly chosen to explain (a) the answer and (b) how to solve each problem. EXPECTED BEHAVIORS: Active participating, checking, encouraging, and elaborating by all members. INTERGROUP COOPERATION: Whenever it is helpful, check procedures, answers, and strategies with another group.

62. 62 http://www.udel.edu/pbl/

63. 63 Cooperative Base Groups Are Heterogeneous Are Long Term (at least one quarter or semester) Are Small (3-5 members) Are for support May meet at the beginning of each session or may meet between sessions Review for quizzes, tests, etc. together Share resources, references, etc. for individual projects Provide a means for covering for absentees

64. 64 Session Summary (Minute Paper) Reflect on the session: 1.What were the most important points for you? 2.What is one thing you would be willing to try? 3.What questions do you have? 4.Pace: Too slow 1.... 5 Too fast 5.Relevance: Little 1... 5 Lots 6.Format: Ugh 1... 5 Ah

65. 65 Q4 – Pace: Too slow 1.... 5 Too fast (2.8) Q5 – Relevance: Little 1... 5 Lots (4.3) Q6 – Format: Ugh 1... 5 Ah (4.3) MSU – Spring Institute 2008 – Session 1

66. 66 Q4 – Pace: Too slow 1.... 5 Too fast Q5 – Relevance: Little 1... 5 Lots Q6 – Format: Ugh 1... 5 Ah MSU – Spring Institute 2007 – Session 1

67. 67 Backward Design Model Wiggins & McTighe Stage 1. Identify Desired Results Stage 2. Determine Acceptable Evidence Stage 3. Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction Wiggins, Grant and McTighe, Jay. 1998. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: ASCD

68. 68 Backward Design Stage 1. Identify Desired Results Filter 1. To what extent does the idea, topic, or process represent a big idea or having enduring value beyond the classroom? Filter 2. To what extent does the idea, topic, or process reside at the heart of the discipline? Filter 3. To what extent does the idea, topic, or process require uncoverage? Filter 4. To what extent does the idea, topic, or process offer potential for engaging students?

69. 69 Backward Design Approach: Desired Results (Outcomes, Objectives, Learning Goals) –5 minute university Evidence (Assessment) –Learning Taxonomies Plan Instruction –Cooperative Learning Planning Format & Forms

70. 70 RememberUnderstandApplyAnalyzeEvaluateCreate Factual Knowledge – The basic elements that students must know to be acquainted with a discipline or solve problems in it. a. Knowledge of terminology b. Knowledge of specific details and elements Conceptual Knowledge – The interrelationships among the basic elements within a larger structure that enable them to function together. a. Knowledge of classifications and categories b. Knowledge of principles and generalizations c. Knowledge of theories, models, and structures Procedural Knowledge – How to do something; methods of inquiry, and criteria for using skills, algorithms, techniques, and methods. a. Knowledge of subject-specific skills and algorithms b. Knowledge of subject-specific techniques and methods c. Knowledge of criteria for determining when to use appropriate procedures Metacognitive Knowledge – Knowledge of cognition in general as well as awareness and knowledge of one’s own cognition. a. Strategic knowledge b. Knowledge about cognitive tasks, including appropriate contextual and conditional knowledge c. Self-knowledge The Cognitive Process Dimension The Knowledge Dimension A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001).

71. 71 Taxonomies Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives: Cognitive Domain (Bloom & Krathwohl, 1956) A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives (Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001). Evaluating the quality of learning: The SOLO taxonomy (Biggs & Collis, 1982) Facets of understanding (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998) Taxonomy of significant learning (Fink, 2003) A taxonomic trek: From student learning to faculty scholarship (Shulman, 2002)

72. 72 Backward Design Stage 2. Determine Acceptable Evidence Types of Assessment Quiz and Test Items: Simple, content-focused test items Academic Prompts: Open-ended questions or problems that require the student to think critically Performance Tasks or Projects: Complex challenges that mirror the issues or problems faced by graduates, they are authentic

73. 73 Backward Design Stage 3. Plan Learning Experiences & Instruction What enabling knowledge (facts, concepts, and principles) and skills (procedures) will students need to perform effectively and achieve desired results? What activities will equip students with the needed knowledge and skills? What will need to be taught and coached, and how should it be taught, in light of performance goals? What materials and resources are best suited to accomplish these goals? Is the overall design coherent and effective?

74. 74 Design and Implementation of Cooperative Learning – Resources Design Framework – How People Learn (HPL) –Creating High Quality Learning Environments (Bransford, Vye & Bateman) -- http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309082927/html/ http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309082927/html/ Design & Backward Design Process (Felder & Brent, Dee Fink and Wiggins & McTighe) –Pellegrino – Rethinking and redesigning curriculum, instruction and assessment: What contemporary research and theory suggests. http://www.skillscommission.org/commissioned.htm http://www.skillscommission.org/commissioned.htm Content Resources –Donald, Janet. 2002. Learning to think: Disciplinary perspectives. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. –Middendorf, Joan and Pace, David. 2004. Decoding the Disciplines: A Model for Helping Students Learn Disciplinary Ways of Thinking. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 98. Pedagogies of Engagement - Instructional Format explanation and exercise to model format and to engage workshop participants –Cooperative Learning (Johnson, Johnson & Smith) Smith web site – www.ce.umn.edu/~smithwww.ce.umn.edu/~smith –University of Delaware PBL web site – www.udel.edu/pblwww.udel.edu/pbl –PKAL – Pedagogies of Engagement – http://www.pkal.org/activities/PedagogiesOfEngagementSummit.cfm