Try Think-Pair-Share for Active Learning
Since Summer 2015, we have had the Poll Everywhere audience response system here at the School of Medicine for use by faculty in their teaching. When implementing audience response, consider a “Think-Pair-Share” approach to support active learning for your students.
“Think-Pair-Share” can be characterized by the following steps:
- 1. A question is posed to students.
- 2. THINK: Students are given a chance to respond individually (via a poll).
- 3. PAIR: Students are encouraged to turn and pair with their neighbors to discuss their answers.
- 4. SHARE: Students are asked to submit potentially revised answers (re-poll).
- 5. Answers are discussed as a large-group.
“Think-Pair-Share” was first introduced by Dr. Frank Lyman (University of Maryland) in the 1980’s and has had further focus with the concept of peer instruction by Dr. Eric Mazur (Harvard University) that often occurs during the “pair”-step of this approach.
This active learning approach can be implemented in small-groups or large lectures and is a practical way to promote higher-level thinking and greater student engagement beyond a simple poll. For more information about Poll Everywhere and integrating audience response into your teaching, contact us using our iMedEd Service Request Form.
Reminder: Google Glass in Medical Education Workshop
This workshop will describe specific examples of the use of Glass in medical education at UC Irvine and describe the benefits/challenges of using this wearable device in the classroom and clinical settings.
- Tuesday, May 10, 2016, noon to 1 p.m., Conference Room A1000, Medical Education Building (Irvine)
- Tuesday, May 24, 2016, noon to 1 p.m., ITC Classroom, Grunigen Medical Library (Orange)
To sign up for any of our workshops, visit: iMedEd Workshop Sign-up.