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Responsibility And Active Participation Of Students, Elissa Smart
Responsibility And Active Participation Of Students, Elissa Smart
Elissa Smart
Introduction
Whether it is active learning or classroom participation, every teacher desires to want to motivate their students to participate and to nurture many involved students. The traditional science lecture, (which involves an instructor delivering a cautiously crafted monolog to a large number of students who are passively receiving the information), has been the common mode of instruction for centuries. However, recent evidence on the learning and teaching science indicates that learner-centered, responsible and active teaching strategies are more effective learning tools compared to the traditional lectures. The most important value of having students actively participate in the learning increases …