Activities for Large Class
Teaching large class requires a lot of energy and strategies to engage individual students. Some activities are specifically designed for large class and may come in handy when you have to teach one.
Think-pair-share
Teaching with Clickers
A clicker is a tool used to promote active learning. The clicker using at the HKUST is called Personal Response System (PRS). Using the clicker, students in a classroom or a lecture theatre can respond to questions posed by the instructors with the click of a button, all at the same time. This provides a means:
- for the instructor to instantly assess students' understanding of the subject matter;
- for the instructor to collect instant feedback from every one of his/her students;
- for students to participate actively in class.
Why use clickers in your teaching?
Clickers can make a real difference in your teaching. Clickers are for you if you want:
- your students to pay attention to what you say in class;
- 100% participation in question-and-answer sessions;
- your students to pay attention to what you say in class;
- 100% participation in question-and-answer sessions;
- immediate feedback and reinforcement;
- automatic attendance check;
- automatic recording of student answers;
- a lesson to be reasonably understood before going to the next one;
- test or quiz results to be prompt, with automatic grading;
- shy and disadvantaged students to be proactive;
- students' opinions and preferences to be instant;
- continuous monitoring of students' progresses, both individually and as a group;
- to encourage peer instruction in your lectures.
Resources:
- Teaching Large class on the first day, Iowa State University.
- The Large Class Challenge Series: How to be an Imaginative Course Designer?, HKUST
- The Large Class Challenge Series: Teaching UGs Inside & Outside Classroom, HKUST
- The Large Class Challenge Series: Teaching for engagement and catering for differences, HKUST
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