After four semesters of POGIL, what have I learned, what have they learned?

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Laura D. Frost, ldelong@georgiasouthern.edu, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8064, Statesboro, GA 30460
The author has been teaching the same non-majors GOB course four consecutive semesters using POGIL. This talk reports student learning as evidenced by upward trends in course grades, final exam grades, analysis of final exam questions by topic and learning level. Student perception of learning is also examined using an SII formative evaluation and the SALG survey. Possible reasons for this increase in learning over four semesters will be discussed. These include: evolution of instructor as facilitator, student self-selection for the course, and the innovation life cycle which typically has a sigmoidal shape.