What enables students to answer their own questions?
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Episode 801: Circuit paths
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A goal of active learning is for students to answer some of their own questions themselves. What enables students to answer their own questions, and how could a teaching assistant encourage students?
June 24, 2024
Pedagogy Content- Facilitating collaboration
Physics Content- Circuits
Lesson Contents
(2 MB)Student Handout
Transcript, discussion questions, and problem
(1 MB)Specific Lesson Guide
Facilitator's guide for this lesson
(1 MB)General Facilitator's Guide
Background and best practices
(28 MB)Video
Captioned video
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Transcript, discussion questions, and problem
(1 MB)Specific Lesson Guide
Facilitator's guide for this lesson
(1 MB)General Facilitator's Guide
Background and best practices
(28 MB)Video
Captioned video
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Sample Discussion Prompts
- What do you notice in this episode? Talk to a neighbor about what you noticed.
- The “task for students” asks students to explain why the bulbs are the same brightness,
rather than predicting their relative brightness. How do you think this shapes the conversation? - Circle all of the questions that the students ask in this clip. Do they ask similar questions more than once?
- These students have plenty of time to discuss their ideas. What does this episode suggest about why this is important?
- Do you think these students would benefit from having an instructor at their table? Why or why not?
- If you were an instructor interacting with these students, what would you do?
- What does this episode suggest about what enables students to answer their own questions?
