Assessing Peer Leader Skill Acquisition and Group Dynamics in a First-Year Calculus Course

Autor/inn/en	Glover, Rebecca; Hammond, Nicholas B.; Smith, Justin; Guerra, Dalyana
Titel	Assessing Peer Leader Skill Acquisition and Group Dynamics in a First-Year Calculus Course
Quelle	In: International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12 (2018) 1, Artikel 10 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-4744
Schlagwörter	Teamwork; Workshops; Student Leadership; Skill Development; Calculus; College Students; College Mathematics; Peer Teaching; Program Effectiveness; Online Surveys; Student Surveys; Journal Writing; Content Analysis; Cooperative Learning; Group Activities; Interaction; Models; Problem Solving; Rhode Island + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Studentenwerk; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Collegestudent; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching; Schülerbefragung; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Inhaltsanalyse; Kooperatives Lernen; Gruppenaktivität; Interaktion; Analogiemodell; Problemlösen
Abstract	Peer-led team learning (PLTL), specifically the model known as 'Workshops', has been shown to contribute positively and significantly to student success in STEM courses across subjects (Gosser et al., 2001). Our research adds to the SOTL literature describing the effectiveness of Workshops by reporting on the changes in student leaders. We examine the level to which leaders acquired new skills in effective teaching and describe the pedagogical interactions in the groups they led as a result of the combination of training and experience facilitating first-year Calculus Workshop sections. This was a semester-long study on twenty-two Workshop leaders for two multi-section, introductory calculus courses at a small research university. Our method is a novel overlay of two metrics that allows, with some forethought, a robust analysis of Workshop leader outcomes that would complement any assessment of PLTL implementation faculty might choose to undertake. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Centers for Teaching & Technology at Georgia Southern University. IJ-SoTL, Georgia Southern University, Henderson Library 1301, Statesboro, GA 30460. e-mail: sotlij@georgiasouthern.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01