Active Learning Strategies: An illustrative approach to bring out better learning outcomes from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students

Abstract

Teaching in a Teacher centric manner has been the mainframe teaching style in engineering education, however students feel it as a single sided approach and feel they are only passive listeners thus this style has now paved way to a Learner centric style of teaching-learning which is ACTIVE LEARNING, wherein every student is actively involved in one or the other form of learning and thus gets a chance to develop the key aspects of the course either on their own or by being a member of an active-learning group. They thus not only learn and practice the course contents but also learn managerial and team skills which are of much importance in present scenario in regard to Industries and companies where these students will be ultimately hired as employees. Professional education is making one’s students ready for the profession which includes team work, management and technical skills, thus Active learning has emerged as a mainframe tool for cherishing this aim of professional education, especially Science, Technology, Engineering and Management (STEM) education. This paper aims to focus on a few facets of this active learning process and give an overview to the teaching faculty as well as students on what their individual roles must be like in this process for getting the most out of this process.

Promoting Active Learning for Increasing Students’ Understanding of the Teaching Materials: A Report on Teaching Experience in Computer Science

“…Research methodology that is used in this study is qualitative research methodology. Questions and answers that were related to active learning and its impact to students understanding of the course material can be seen in table 1. Answers were open ended, so that students can give reason after answering "Yes" or "No".…”

“…It has been known that active learning has contribution in raising students' grade [2][3] [6]. As opposed to Teacher Centered Learning, active learning has many other good values that lead not only to students' involvement in the teaching-learning process, but also to teamwork, and managerial [1] [2]. Based on our experience, active learning leads to knowledge transfer between peers in the small groups or in class.…”

Tutoria E Múltiplas Abordagens Em Oficina De Modelagem E Impressão 3d

“…Após término do quiz, foram revisados conceitos relacionados a máquinas simples e apresentados exemplos de alavanca, roldana e polia, dando enfoque para engrenagens, em particular a engrenagem cilíndrica de dentes retos apresentando e discutindo conceitos de redução de velocidade em um par de engrenagens, bem como, conceitos de torque e potência. Durante a explicação teórica usou-se exemplos cotidianos presentes na vida dos alunos para que os conceitos fossem melhor assimilados, conforme recomenda Srinath (2014).…”

The Referential Function Types in Teacher Explanation

“…Teacher can relate theoretical concepts and ideas from real situations. This can involve students in various perspectives [28]. In the example data, the teacher gives a view of the difference between multipliers and those multiplied in the concept of the perspective of the jump length and the number of jumps.…”