Teaching with Your Mouth Closed: Basic POGIL Strategies for Middle School and High School Physics Teachers

When
15 Jul 2023
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PDT)
Location
AAPT Workshop 2023 Summer MeetingAmerican Association of Physics Teachers 2023 Summer Meeting - Sacramento Convention Center

Facilitated by Mare Sullivan

POGIL is a pedagogy based on research indicating that a) teaching by telling does not work for most students, b) students who are part of an interactive community are more likely to be successful, and c) knowledge is personal; students enjoy themselves more and develop greater ownership over the material when they are given an opportunity to construct their own understanding. An inquiry-based team environment energizes students and provides instructors with constant formative assessment (real-time feedback) about what their students understand and misunderstand. Students quickly pick up the message that logical thinking and teamwork are prized above simply “getting the correct answer.” This emphasizes that learning is not a solitary task of memorizing information, but an interactive process of refining one’s understanding and developing one’s skills. Participants will be immersed in a process-oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) environment as we explore the basic characteristics of a POGIL classroom, guided inquiry activity structure, process skills, and facilitation skills. Participants will have an opportunity to observe and critique facilitation of two POGIL activities – one designed from an NGSS middle school Physical Science Performance Expectation and one designed from an NGSS high school Performance Expectation.

Cost: $125 Member/$150 Non-member

Register here https://www.aapt.org/Conferences/SM2023/index.cfm