Comments on: How to make demos useful in teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2014/06/01/how-to-make-demos-useful-in-teaching/ Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:26:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Why might students not learn from demonstrations what we want them to learn? - Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2014/06/01/how-to-make-demos-useful-in-teaching/#comment-2838 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:26:41 +0000 http://mirjamsophiaglessmer.wordpress.com/?p=1234#comment-2838 […] recently discussed how demonstrations help most when they are embedded in active learning scenarios, where students […]

]]> By: Experiment: Ice cubes melting in fresh water and salt water – Mirjam S. Glessmer https://mirjamglessmer.com/2014/06/01/how-to-make-demos-useful-in-teaching/#comment-2431 Mon, 23 Jul 2018 05:41:48 +0000 http://mirjamsophiaglessmer.wordpress.com/?p=1234#comment-2431 […] feeling of exploration a lot – there is no mystery involved any more. And remember in order for demonstrations to increase the learning outcome, they need to be embedded in a larger didactical setting, including forming of hypotheses before […]

]]> By: Why might students not learn from demonstrations what we want them to learn? | https://mirjamglessmer.com/2014/06/01/how-to-make-demos-useful-in-teaching/#comment-1095 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:48:46 +0000 http://mirjamsophiaglessmer.wordpress.com/?p=1234#comment-1095 […] recently discussed how demonstrations help most when they are embedded in active learning scenarios, where students […]

]]> By: On purpose and aim of hands-on experiments. | Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2014/06/01/how-to-make-demos-useful-in-teaching/#comment-180 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:17:16 +0000 http://mirjamsophiaglessmer.wordpress.com/?p=1234#comment-180 […] trying to structure an article on the purpose of lab work at university. Apart from stressing again the importance of discussion in the process, I think we need to clearly distinguish two purposes of lab works: understanding of […]

]]> By: Development of student attention over time | Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching https://mirjamglessmer.com/2014/06/01/how-to-make-demos-useful-in-teaching/#comment-119 Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:33:29 +0000 http://mirjamsophiaglessmer.wordpress.com/?p=1234#comment-119 […] activities regularly. For example introduce clicker questions or show demonstrations (but then don’t forget the peer instruction phases before and after the demonstration to increase learn…). Or have students work in groups for a bit, or even just switch from a Powerpoint presentation to […]

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