High School Students’ Perceptions of an Active Learning Model in Chemistry
Imagine a high school chemistry classroom humming with a controlled roar, some students at their seats, which are all turned facing each other in a sort of pod arrangement, other students at the lab stations working on different experiments or discoveries, and the teacher is walking around the room having some one-on-one time with the students. Now picture this as an every day occurrence; very different from traditional classrooms right?
My research interests lie in this method of teaching and learning found at Harrison High School in West Lafayette, IN. I want to research students’ perceptions of this active learning model and also what they are learning about how science works in the real world from this method. I am very drawn to this method of teaching because it seems to get the students involved in their own learning by letting them make some decisions about what they are going to learn and the speed they are going to learn it. I would like to research this to see if students feel it is a helpful method for learning science.
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