Making an Active Learning Classroom Work for YOU!”

A hands-on opportunity to try out a variety of active-learning classroom techniques, from concept questions to drawing exercises to interactive lecture demonstrations. Activities for nearest neighbors, for small groups, and for full classroom discussion. This is a chance to try them out, take them for a test drive, and see what works best for your situation and your classroom. Plus many practical suggestions about how to implement active-learning techniques and how to get started if you're new to active learning. Appropriate for both high school and college level instructors.

Randy Knight is Professor of Physics and Director of the Minor in Environmental Studies at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). Ph.D. (1979) from the University of California, Berkeley. Postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Faculty positions at Ohio State University and California Polytechnic State University. Author of more than 25 research papers in atomic physics and laser spectroscopy. More recently, author of Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching; Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, and (with Brian Jones and Stuart Field) College Physics: A Strategic Approach (all Pearson).