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Peer Instruction: A Teaching Method to Foster Deep Understanding
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/6980/011512_CACMpg27_Peer-Instruction1.large.jpg?1326486646&1326486644 "Peer Instruction, illustration")
Credit: Brian Greenberg
How the computing education community can learn from physics education.
User Comments
(2)I teach pharmacy technician students clinical math. On quiz days it is painfully obvious that my students don't get the mathn evven after lab demonstrations. This semester I have divided the classroom into tables/groups. It is too early to tell if peer instruction is helping. But I do knoiw that lecture and powerpoints are not working.So I will keep you posted via twitter. @mdBallsr,
I teach quality managment and information technology. This is a very good method to overcome lecture disadvantages.
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