Just-In-Time Teaching Blending Active Learning with Web Technology

by Novak, Gregor; Gavrin, Andrew; Christian, Wolfgang; Patterson, Evelyn

• ISBN13: 9780130850348
• ISBN10: 0130850349
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley

Summary

In this resource book for educators, the four authors fully discuss just what Just in Time Teaching is. Just in Time Teaching (JiTT) is an exciting new teaching and learning methodology designed to engage students by using feedback from pre-class web assignments to adjust classroom lessons so that students receive rapid response to the specific questions and problems they are having instead of more generic lectures that may or may not address what students actually need help with. Many teachers have found that this process also encourages students to take more control of the learning process and become active, and interested, learners.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jeanne Narum
Foreword	xiii
Alan Van Heuvelen
Preface	xv
SECTION ONE: STRATEGY	1	(30)
What Is Jitt?	3	(4)
The JiTT Goals	3	(1)
The JiTT Environment	4	(1)
What JiTT Is Not	5	(2)
Why Use Jitt?	7	(8)
Our Students	7	(2)
Our Goals	9	(1)
Finding the Right Approach	9	(2)
JiTT in Context	11	(4)
The JITT Classroom	15	(4)
The Interactive Lecture	15	(2)
The Collaborative Recitation	17	(2)
The JITT Web Component	19	(12)
Preparatory Assignments	20	(3)
Physlet Problems	23	(2)
Enrichment Materials	25	(1)
Information and Communication	25	(1)
On-line Homework	26	(5)
SECTION TWO: IMPLEMENTATION	31	(36)
JITT Basics	33	(12)
JiTT Organization	33	(1)
Managing the JiTT Classroom	34	(8)
The Small-College Perspective	42	(3)
The Mindful Lecture	45	(16)
The Mindful Lecture WarmUp	45	(5)
The WarmUp: A Detailed Example	50	(5)
The Puzzle: A Detailed Example	55	(6)
The Insightful Lecture	61	(6)
Constructing the Preflights	62	(1)
Classroom Discussion	63	(2)
An Insight Gained	65	(1)
What Do Students Think?	66	(1)
SECTION THREE: RESOURCES	67	(116)
WarmUps	69	(28)
General Principles	69	(1)
Mechanics	70	(9)
Thermodynamics	79	(7)
Electricity and Magnetism	86	(7)
Optics	93	(4)
Puzzles	97	(18)
General Principles	97	(1)
Mechanics	97	(4)
Thermodynamics	101	(3)
Electricity and Magnetism	104	(8)
Optics	112	(3)
Physlet Problems	115	(20)
General Principles	115	(1)
Kinematics	116	(4)
Mechanics	120	(3)
Waves	123	(2)
Electricity and Magnetism	125	(6)
Optics	131	(4)
Scripting Physiets	135	(22)
Basics	135	(1)
Internet Technology	136	(2)
Embedding	138	(5)
JavaScript to Java Communication	143	(10)
Available Physiets	153	(2)
Animator Documentation	155	(2)
Communication	157	(14)
E-mail	157	(1)
HTML Forms	158	(2)
CGI	160	(3)
Perl	163	(4)
A Desktop Level ``Starter'' System	167	(1)
Site-Management Packages	168	(3)
Frequently Asked Questions	171	(12)
The Web	171	(5)
The Classroom	176	(3)
General	179	(4)
References	183	(2)
Index	185