Adding a good Active Learning capability to Canvas, Think-Pair-Share

[burnettw]

I thought I would reach out to you with a suggestion for a change in Canvas by adding a Think-Pair-Share tool. Below is an out-take of an Eric Mazur video showing how this is done in a face-to-face class, and I'd like to see canvas facilitate this in an online format.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8UJRNRdgyvE?start=3242&end=3823

 Eric Mazur had his class first take a one question quiz, then each person had to find someone with a different answer and pair up to share how they came to their answer. Then retake the quiz to see how the group converges toward the correct answer.

Wouldn't it be great if Canvas had an automatic function you could use that would take the results of a survey/quiz question and automatically create groups of two or three students who had different answers and have them get together in a mini-discussion to try to get to the correct answer? Perhaps retake the survey and if you had some convergence on the correct answer you could do it again making sure every group had in it someone who got it right.

Pose a question:

Together, a basketball backboard and ball cost $110.The backboard costs $100 more than the ball.How much does the ball cost?

Multiple Choice

A. $5

B $10

C. $20

D. None of the above

Each student thinks about this independently and selects an answer

The system knows the right answer.

For example:

Automatically the system calculates what portion of the students got the right answer.

The system then calculates how many students with the wrong answer must meet with each student with the right answer (or vice versa depending on the breakout of right and wrong answers)

The system then assigns each students to a small group (size calculated by the system to ensure as small a group as possible with one member having the right answer), larger than a group of one, and where the students have different answers.

You could set up a discussion forum for the group with instructions to work together to understand how each got to their answer, retake the quiz and if you still have a substantial portion with the incorrect answer have the option to have canvas set up new small groups of students automatically as before.

 If you think active learning could make your instructing better, please add your voice to the call for action.

 Regards,

Bill

[burnettw]

I thought I would reach out to you with a suggestion for a change in Canvas by adding a Think-Pair-Share tool. Below is an out-take of an Eric Mazur video showing how this is done in a face-to-face class, and I'd like to see canvas facilitate this in an online format.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/8UJRNRdgyvE?start=3242&end=3823

 Eric Mazur had his class first take a one question quiz, then each person had to find someone with a different answer and pair up to share how they came to their answer. Then retake the quiz to see how the group converges toward the correct answer.

Wouldn't it be great if Canvas had an automatic function you could use that would take the results of a survey/quiz question and automatically create groups of two or three students who had different answers and have them get together in a mini-discussion to try to get to the correct answer? Perhaps retake the survey and if you had some convergence on the correct answer you could do it again making sure every group had in it someone who got it right.

Pose a question:

Together, a basketball backboard and ball cost $110.The backboard costs $100 more than the ball.How much does the ball cost?

Multiple Choice

A. $5

B $10

C. $20

D. None of the above

Each student thinks about this independently and selects an answer

The system knows the right answer.

For example:

Automatically the system calculates what portion of the students got the right answer.

The system then calculates how many students with the wrong answer must meet with each student with the right answer (or vice versa depending on the breakout of right and wrong answers)

The system then assigns each students to a small group (size calculated by the system to ensure as small a group as possible with one member having the right answer), larger than a group of one, and where the students have different answers.

You could set up a discussion forum for the group with instructions to work together to understand how each got to their answer, retake the quiz and if you still have a substantial portion with the incorrect answer have the option to have canvas set up new small groups of students automatically as before.

 If you think active learning could make your instructing better, please add your voice to the call for action.

 Regards,

Bill

[Manuparx]

The answer isn't $10.

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