Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching Series. Professor Christopher Chidsey, "Active Learning, Peer Learning, Assessment-Driven Learning: How Do They Apply to Introductory Science Courses?"

Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching. Christopher E.D. Chidsey, Department of Chemistry. "Active Learning, Peer Learning, Assessment-Driven Learning: How Do They Apply to Introductory Science Courses?"

Motivating active engagement and critical thinking in introductory courses can be a major teaching challenge, especially when students may bring an expectation of passivity to the process. This presentation will highlight some of the successes and struggles I have experienced while encouraging students in my courses toward more active and thoughtful responsibility for their own learning.