Paper Info
Title
Using POGIL to help students discover CS concepts and develop process skills (abstract only)
Abstract
This workshop is for anyone who teaches CS, and introduces process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) in computer science. POGIL is based on learning science, and shares characteristics with other forms of active, discovery, and inquiry learning. In a POGIL classroom, teams of 3-5 learners work on instructor-facilitated activities. Through scripted inquiry and investigation, learners discover concepts and construct their own knowledge. Using assigned team roles and meta-cognition, learners develop process skills and individual responsibility. Studies show that POGIL can significantly improve student performance. POGIL has particular potential for CS education. Software development is largely a team-based problem-solving activity, and POGIL helps students to learn from each other and develop problem-solving abilities as well as important team process skills. POGIL has been developed and validated over the last 15 years in a range of STEM disciplines. The workshop consists primarily of hands-on team activities. Participants will work through CS activities and a set of meta-activities to explore POGIL practices and activity structures. Participants will also begin to draft parts of their own activities. More information and materials are available at http://cspogil.org and http://pogil.org, including sample activities for topics in a variety of CS courses. Laptops optional. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DUE-1044679.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2445196.2445531
SIGCSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
cs course,pogil practice,important team process skill,scripted inquiry,hands-on team activity,cs activity,learners work,cs education,pogil classroom,cs concept,inquiry learning,communication,active learning
Team Role Inventories,Learning sciences,Active learning,Computer science,Knowledge management,POGIL,Software development
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.63
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Clifton Kussmaul15212.29
Helen Hu210.97
Matthew Lang3475.42