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How to Use High Structure Course Design to Heighten Learning
How to Use High Structure Course Design to Heighten Learning
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Feb 22, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students.
-Justin Shaffer
The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment.
-Justin Shaffer
I don't think the structure necessarily guarantees success because it's the students ultimately have to put the work in to earn that grade, to earn that outcome.
-Justin Shaffer
Resources
The Spark of Emotion: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh*
Recombinant Education
Podcases
Calvin and Hobbes
Kelly Hogan on Teaching in Higher Ed
A Time for Telling, by Schwartz and Bransford
Examples of Justin’s Reading Guides on his website
Bibliography on Case Study Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Improving Exam Performance in Introductory Biology through the Use of Preclass Reading Guides, by Lieu, Wong, Asefirad, & Shaffer
Quotes from the episode
Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students.
-Justin Shaffer
The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment.
-Justin Shaffer
I don't think the structure necessarily guarantees success because it's the students ultimately have to put the work in to earn that grade, to earn that outcome.
-Justin Shaffer
Resources
The Spark of Emotion: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh*
Recombinant Education
Podcases
Calvin and Hobbes
Kelly Hogan on Teaching in Higher Ed
A Time for Telling, by Schwartz and Bransford
Examples of Justin’s Reading Guides on his website
Bibliography on Case Study Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Improving Exam Performance in Introductory Biology through the Use of Preclass Reading Guides, by Lieu, Wong, Asefirad, & Shaffer
Released:
Feb 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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