"Just-in-Time Teaching and Peer Instruction"
Carl J. Wenning
Physics Department, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Participants will learn about two methods that can be used to enhance conceptual understanding by students, and to deal with the "depth versus breadth" problem that confounds so many physics teachers. Just-in-Time Teaching allows teachers to take advantage of the Internet to assess student understanding prior to class time, thereby allowing for instruction that can be arranged to meet the needs of the students. Peer Instruction takes advantage of small group processes that use students as teachers. Both strategies can be quickly and easily adopted by physics teachers to increase student learning in physics courses.