Peer Instruction: Assisting Active Learning in Science Education
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Peer instruction is an interactive teaching method advanced by Harvard University professor Eric Mazur. It is a form of active learning meant to increase students’ engagement and collaboration in the classroom, using conceptual tests (or ConcepTests) and teaching aids like the clicker (Zhu & Dong, 2018). Research demonstrates that it assists with students’ grasp and application of disciplinary knowledge (Zheng et al, 2020).
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Science, Education
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Ozcan, O., Bayrakceken, S., Oktay, O., & Canpolat, N. (2024). Implementation of peer instruction method on teaching of acids and bases to 12th grade students: An action research. Science In-sights Education Frontiers, 23(1):3637-3673. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.24.or590
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Zhang, P. & Mazur, E. (2010). Peer-Instruction: A new teaching method for physics instruction at Harvard University. China University Teaching, 2010(8):69-71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1005-0450.2010.08.025
Zheng, J., Wu, X., & Min, X. (2020). The application of peer instruction in the context of group coop-erative learning: A Literature Review. Reform & Opening, 2020(13):101-107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16653/j.cnki.32-1034/f.2020.013.022
Zhu, L. & Dong, J. (2018). Diverse forms of peer instruction implementation. Journal of Teaching and Management, 2018(12):12-15.
Crouch, C. H., & Mazur, E. (2001). Peer instruction: Ten years of experience and results. American Journal of Physics, 69(9):970-977. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1374249
Gok, T. & Gok, O. (2017, December). Peer instruction: An evaluation of its theory, application, and contribution. In Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning & Teaching (Vol. 18, No. 2).
Henderson, C.R., Dancy, M.H., & Niewiadomska-Bugaj, M. (2012). Use of research-based instruc-tional strategies in introductory physics: Where do faculty leave the innovation-decision pro-cess? Physical Review Special Topics-physics Education Research, 8:020104.
Mazur, E. (1997). Peer Instruction: A User’s Manual. Prentice Hall.
Michinov, N., Morice, J., & Ferrières, V. (2015). A step further in Peer Instruction: Using the Steplad-der technique to improve learning. Computers & Education, 91:1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.09.007
Ozcan, O., Bayrakceken, S., Oktay, O., & Canpolat, N. (2024). Implementation of peer instruction method on teaching of acids and bases to 12th grade students: An action research. Science In-sights Education Frontiers, 23(1):3637-3673. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.24.or590
Rowley, N. & Green, J. (2015). Just-in-time teaching and peer instruction in the flipped classroom to enhance student learning. Education in Practice, 2(1):14-17.
Smith, M. K., Wood, W. B., Krauter, K., & Knight, J. K. (2011). Combining peer discussion with in-structor explanation increases student learning from in-class concept questions. CBE- Life Sci-ences Education, 10(1):55-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.10-08-0101
Zhang, P. & Mazur, E. (2010). Peer-Instruction: A new teaching method for physics instruction at Harvard University. China University Teaching, 2010(8):69-71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1005-0450.2010.08.025
Zheng, J., Wu, X., & Min, X. (2020). The application of peer instruction in the context of group coop-erative learning: A Literature Review. Reform & Opening, 2020(13):101-107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16653/j.cnki.32-1034/f.2020.013.022
Zhu, L. & Dong, J. (2018). Diverse forms of peer instruction implementation. Journal of Teaching and Management, 2018(12):12-15.
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Cheng, X. (2024). Peer Instruction: Assisting Active Learning in Science Education. Science Insights Education Frontiers, 23(1), 3633–3635. https://doi.org/10.15354/sief.24.co326
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