Let Students Work: Analysis of the Role of Differing Facilitation on Student Engagement in a Large Stadium-Style Lecture Hall

Nicole E. States; Carson Lovig; Karsten Martin; Hannah T. Nennig; Renée S. Cole

doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00750

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Let Students Work: Analysis of the Role of Differing Facilitation on Student Engagement in a Large Stadium-Style Lecture Hall

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Let Students Work: Analysis of the Role of Differing Facilitation on Student Engagement in a Large Stadium-Style Lecture Hall

Nicole E. States, Carson Lovig, Karsten Martin, Hannah T. Nennig and Renée S. Cole

Journal of chemical education, Vol.100(11), pp.4237-4248

11/01/2023

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00750

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The classroom environment is shaped by factors such as facilitation style, curricular design, and classroom layout. These factors are all inputs into student framing of the classroom environment and affect a student’s comfort interacting within it. Promoting student discourse in active learning environments provides students the opportunity to explain their thinking and develop their understanding of natural phenomena. However, successfully implementing these practices in large lecture environments is often difficult. Undergraduate introductory chemistry lectures were investigated to identify the effects that instructional practices had on student engagement. Instructor facilitation, question level, and student interactions were analyzed and compared to provide insights into what instructional practices may promote or hinder student engagement in a large enrollment course. Overall instructors were positioning themselves as an authority on knowledge in the classroom by leading questions authoritatively like instructor-focused didactic lecturing that led to a decrease in student engagement. These results highlight the complexity of the classroom ecosystem related to student interactions and the role that facilitation plays in social and cognitive engagement.

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Title: Subtitle: Let Students Work: Analysis of the Role of Differing Facilitation on Student Engagement in a Large Stadium-Style Lecture Hall
Creators: Nicole E. States - University of Iowa
Carson Lovig - University of Iowa
Karsten Martin - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
Hannah T. Nennig - University of Iowa
Renée S. Cole - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of chemical education, Vol.100(11), pp.4237-4248
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00750
ISSN: 0021-9584
eISSN: 1938-1328
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Grant note: DOI: 10.13039/100000172, name: Division of Undergraduate Education, award: 1915047
Language: English
Date published: 11/01/2023
Academic Unit: Chemistry
Record Identifier: 9984506359802771

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