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Turning Homework on its Head – Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge

Learn about the CLASS concept, a collaborative learning approach that empowers students to take ownership of their learning through active engagement and assessment. Discover how this approach can be implemented in high schools and join the effort to test and refine the CLASS system.

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Turning Homework on its Head – Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge

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  1. Turning Homework on its Head – Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge Michael Bieber With help from Erick Sanchez, Ye Xiong, and many others… Information Systems Department College of Computing Sciences New Jersey Institute of Technology http://web.njit.edu/~bieber March 2014

  2. Outline • Motivation • CLASS concept- collaborative learning through assessment • Interesting issues • How could this work in high schools? • Looking for high school students to help • Looking for collaboration with teachers

  3. Motivation • Deeper Learning & Interest in subjects • Learning through active engagement • involve students as active participants • How? • give students ownership of entire problem life cycle • online system to streamline management

  4. Make up problems Learning from doing the CLASS activities Solve problems Grade solutions Dispute grade

  5. Inquiry-based Learning Make up problems Learning from doing the CLASS activities Domain Learning Solve problems Peer Assessment Grade solutions 1 2 Self Assessment Dispute grade

  6. Make up problems Learning from doing the CLASS activities Read- other problems - other solutions - grade justifications - disputes Solve problems learning from reading everything peers write Grade solutions 1 2 Dispute grade

  7. Students perform Teachers or studentsperform Make up problems Edit problems Students canread everything Solve problems Grade solution 1 2 Resolve gradedisagreement Resolve dispute Dispute grade

  8. Students perform Teachers or studentsperform Problem Rubric Make up problems Edit problems Students canread everything Solve problems GradingRubric Grade solution 1 2 Resolve gradedisagreement Resolve dispute Dispute grade

  9. CLASS Prototype

  10. Outline • Motivation • CLASS concept- collaborative learning through assessment • Interesting issues • How could this work in high schools? • Looking for high school students to help • Looking for collaboration with teachers

  11. Experiment with Essay Exams • Experimental results: • Students felt they learned more • Students enjoyed the exam more • Students recommend it for future classes • What students liked best • Active involvement in the (exam) process • Flexibility to use any resources • Reduction in tension

  12. Issues • Issues for students • Timing: drawn-out (2.5 weeks) • Learning curve to create problems, grade and dispute • Learning to use rubrics • Anonymity within online system • Trusting peers (good faith effort; good job) • Trade-offs for teachers • Fewer solutions to evaluate, but each is different • Fitting into school schedule

  13. Extending Scope • Which problem types? • so far: short and long essay questions • what about: multiple choice, short answer, computer programs, semester projects • Which activities? • so far: exams, online discussion short essays • what about: quizzes, homeworks, larger projects, in-class projects, other types of exams • Which subjects? • Team involvement in each CLASS stage

  14. CLASS in your school? What would it take? Problem Rubric Make up problems Edit problems Students canread everything Solve problems GradingRubric Grade solution 1 2 Resolve gradedisagreement Resolve dispute Dispute grade

  15. Invitation • Looking for high school students to help test CLASS this summer • Looking for collaboration with teachers to try out CLASS and help refine it Michael Bieberbieber@njit.edu web.njit.edu/~bieber

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