{"id":325,"date":"2019-09-09T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meristem.anu.edu.au\/?p=325"},"modified":"2021-03-08T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T00:15:14","slug":"actively-engaged-students-dont-realise-how-much-theyre-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meristem.weblogs.anu.edu.au\/index.php\/actively-engaged-students-dont-realise-how-much-theyre-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Actively engaged students don’t realise how much they’re learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom<\/a>\u00a0(Deslauriers, et al. 2019)<\/h3>\n

Summary<\/h4>\n

‘… students in active classes perceived that they learned less, while in reality they learned more.’\u00a0<\/em>This research group ran a highly controlled study, with each student participating in an active learning class and a passive learning\u00a0class of an introductory (USA) college physics course. The test results showed the students learnt more from the active class, but the student surveys indicated that they thought<\/em> they learnt more from the lecture.<\/p>\n

for meristem teachers<\/h4>\n

Do you explain the reasons why you’re flipping your classroom? Do your students understand them? We’re\u00a0investigating ways to help teachers do this, in order for students to get the most out of this highly active learning style.<\/p>\n

for research into active learning<\/h4>\n

The data here suggests we need to be careful when asking students how they learn best, since here the anecdotal survey responses didn’t match the grade outcomes. The researchers pointed to three factors that may have influenced their assessment of learning:<\/p>\n