Designing learning environments that promote student engagement and meaningful learning has been a goal of chemistry educators for decades. In a collaboration of four institutions serving diverse student populations, we are studying how instructional tasks, small group dynamics, and peer or expert facilitation influence the outcomes in active learning introductory chemistry courses.  During this session, we will present recent findings that point to features of the tasks and the class expectations that appear most important for fostering the productive engagement of students in discourse practices known to promote meaningful learning. Dr. Talanquer’s unique contributions to this work and how his scholarship has impacted the field, including the speakers’ development will also be discussed.

Classroom discourse in active learning environments

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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