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Engaging Students through Interactive Lectures

This resource provides an overview of using interactive lectures to engage students, with a focus on the execution of think-pair-share exercises. It includes examples, tips for constructing exercises, benefits and drawbacks, and critical suggestions for success.

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Engaging Students through Interactive Lectures

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  1. Engaging Students through Interactive Lectures • Overview • example execution of think-pair-share • how to construct think-pair-share exercises • benefits and drawbacks • critical suggestions for success Gregory Hancock, College of William and Mary

  2. Satellite measurements of ozone concentration above Antarctica, 1979-1992

  3. Executing think-pair-share exercises • Locate appropriate places in lecture for think-pair-share • Ask each person to consider question(s) • Form groups to discuss (2-3 students) • Solicit group responses • Students evaluate responses • Clarify incorrect answers or misconceptions

  4. Global sea level over the last century

  5. Global sea level over the last century A) What is the direction of sea level change? B) What is the rate of sea level change?

  6. Some data from Skagway, Alaska, to ponder….

  7. Some data from Skagway, Alaska, to ponder…. A) What is the direction of sea level change? B) What is the rate of sea level change?

  8. Benefits of think-pair-share • Simple, effective way to engage students • Provides time for everyone to develop answers, and more students can be right • Students talk science • Stimulates additional questions • Doesn’t take much additional prep time

  9. Drawbacks of think-pair-share • Requires more class time than straight lecture (?) • Professor must give up a bit of control (?) • Exercise may fall flat

  10. Suggestions for think-pair-share success • Make it part of the routine • Avoid trivial or overly complicated exercises • Plan questions and select materials carefully • Eavesdrop to evaluate progress • Collect answers from time to time

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