POGIL in the large chemistry lecture: Two approaches

CHED 140

Kim Rachelle Woodrum, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, 125 Chemistry Physics Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0055
POGIL, or Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning, is a method for disseminating information to students. In small groups of four, students are given questions to guide them to discover for themselves relationships and trends. The advantages to this system are well documented in literature; however, making this instruction style work for a class with a large lecture format can be difficult. At the University of Kentucky, freshman chemistry lecture size is large (100 – 300 students) with no recitation or teaching assistants. This talk will give ideas of how to bring the concept of POGIL into the large lecture. Two methods will be presented, one utilizing remote control devises and one using paper submissions with students reporting results.