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written by Chandra Turpen and Noah D. Finkelstein
This paper summarizes variations in instructors' implementation practices during Peer Instruction (PI) and shows how these differences in practices shape different norms of classroom interaction. We describe variations in classroom norms along three dimensions of classroom culture that are integral to Peer Instruction, emphasis on: (1) faculty-student collaboration, (2) student-student collaboration, and (3) sense-making vs answer-making. Based on interpretations by an observing researcher, we place three different PI classrooms along a continuum representing a set of possible norms. We then check these interpretations against students' perceptions of these environments from surveys collected at the end of the term. We find significant correspondence between the researchers' interpretations and students' perceptions of Peer Instruction in these environments. We find that variation in faculty practices can set up what students perceive as discernibly different norms. For interested instructors, concrete classroom practices are described that appear to encourage or discourage these norms.
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Education Foundations
- Student Characteristics
= Affect
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Peer Instruction
- Classroom Management
- Learning Environment
- Lower Undergraduate
- Graduate/Professional
- Reference Material
= Research study
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American Physical Society
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020123
NSF Numbers:
0410744
0448176
0717768
PACSs:
01.40.Fk
01.40.Di
01.40.Ha
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Metadata instance created February 27, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
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May 21, 2012 by Vince Kuo
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C. Turpen and N. Finkelstein, , Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 6 (2), 020123 (2010), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020123).
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C. Turpen and N. Finkelstein, The construction of different classroom norms during Peer Instruction: Students perceive differences, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 6 (2), 020123 (2010), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020123>.
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Turpen, C., & Finkelstein, N. (2010, November 24). The construction of different classroom norms during Peer Instruction: Students perceive differences. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 6(2), 020123. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020123
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Turpen, Chandra, and Noah Finkelstein. "The construction of different classroom norms during Peer Instruction: Students perceive differences." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 6, no. 2, (November 24, 2010): 020123, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020123 (accessed 19 March 2024).
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Turpen, Chandra, and Noah Finkelstein. "The construction of different classroom norms during Peer Instruction: Students perceive differences." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 6.2 (2010): 020123. 19 Mar. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020123>.
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