Increasing student confidence and enthusiasm in a physiological signals lab: Work in Progress

摘要

Cooperative, student-centric pedagogical models have been shown extensively to enhance student learning. Not completely unrelated to these models, student attitude and motivation has a significant impact on student learning. Grades make a convenient extrinsic motivator for students to learn but when students are intrinsically motivated the learning occurs at a higher level. Along those lines many instructors are exploring how to utilize active learning in laboratory classes because cookie-cutter labs do not allow students to practice their creativity or develop critical thinking skills. Inquiry-based learning in a laboratory environment develops creativity and critical thinking skills. Peer-teaching has also been shown to increase student learning in a laboratory environment. This study looks at how inquiry-based learning followed by peer-teaching affects student attitudes toward the subject matter and their overall learning experience.