Do you want your students to actually remember what you teach them?
Do you want to make science a part of every day life?
Do you want to increase attendance?

Many of us struggle while teaching science. Students sit in class with glazed expressions and forget everything we’ve worked so hard to teach them the moment they walk out of the classroom.

The video "Team Learning: Cooperative Learning in the Science Classroom" will help change this scenario. This video does not focus on how to be a better lecturer. It shows you how to teach science in a meaningful way using case studies in classroom discussions and small group learning.

It is short, easy to understand, yet will completely change your approach to teaching.

This video demonstrates how to effectively involve students in the learning process. It shows real classes in action. Dr. Clyde Herreid is your guide on these videos. He holds the title of Distinguished Teaching Professor and is, ironically, the American Physiological Society’s 2000 Claude Bernard lecturer of the year.
 

Having students work in small groups is arguably the best way to teach science and this includes teaching science via cases! But how can we run a classroom this way? Here is one answer using a revolutionary method called Team Learning. The 26-minute video shows you how to establish groups, how to set up a grading system that encourages group participation, how to answer students' questions and, most importantly, why this is a superior method of teaching.

The video follows students through the first day of a biology class where they are expecting the “same old thing” to the formation of small groups where the students are learning from one another.

You will be able to see first hand how the students are convinced that team learning is preferable to lectures, how the groups are formed, how performance is evaluated, what kind of homework is assigned, how tests are given to both individuals and groups, and how problems are dealt with.

The video has a detailed written discussion of the approach, which is accessible by clicking on this link.

About the Author

Clyde Freeman Herreid is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Biological Sciences Department of the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Dr. Herreid is also Academic Director of the University Honors Program at UB. In his capacity as Director of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, his work to develop case-based teaching methods in the sciences has been supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Herreid has conducted numerous workshops around the country on case method teaching, team learning, and problem-based learning and is the author of a regularly featured case study column in the Journal of College Science Teaching.