Quantitative methods teaching: a collaborative learning approach - Sarah Keast, Fangya Xu and Panagiotis Tziogkidis (Plymouth University)
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This document discusses a plan to redesign a quantitative methods module for economics students. It proposes replacing traditional lectures with a blended approach incorporating peer learning, online resources, and problem-based activities. Resources will include video lectures, self-assessment quizzes, and lesson plans created by students using open resources. The goals are to improve student engagement with quantitative skills, make more efficient use of staff time, and better align teaching methods with research on effective learning. Challenges of the approach and strategies for assessment and feedback are also addressed.
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Quantitative methods teaching: a collaborative learning approach - Sarah Keast, Fangya Xu and Panagiotis Tziogkidis (Plymouth University)
- 1. Dr Sarah Keast, Dr Fangya Xu, Panagiotis Tziogkidis 1
- 2. Background Motivation The Literature The Plan Resources An example 2
- 3. Economics Group ◦ Faculty of Business Students ◦ Average cohort 110 ◦ No post 16 mathematics qualification required Programmes ◦ BSc Economics (7 separate programmes in total) ◦ Core second year Econometrics and final year electives in mathematical economics and economic modelling Module ◦ Core for all Economics programmes ◦ 20 credits ◦ Mathematical and statistical modelling 3
- 4. Traditional lecture/tutorial format not effective for teaching QM Lack of engagement amongst some students Increased size of cohort More efficient use of staff resources Perceived decline in quantitative skills of in- coming students 4
- 5. Economics is less popular among disciplines in the NSS, especially with respect to assessment and feedback Recent trends in teaching and learning include: ◦ Peer learning ◦ Problem based approaches ◦ Use of online resources to facilitate independent reading 5
- 6. ETL project in economics: the traditional lecture-tutorial mode seems to fall apart Constructive alignment: Biggs (1996) ◦ … but also align with students: Reimann (2004) Threshold concepts for teaching QM: Meyer and Land (2003) Problem based approaches and “learning by doing”: Kolb (1984), Barnett (2009) ◦ … particularly good for QM (Aliaga et al., 2012) 6
- 7. 20 % 10 % 5% 30 % 50 % 75 % 90 % Lecture Reading Audio Visual Demonstration Group Discussion Practice Teaching others Retention rate 7 Source: National Training Laboratories, Bethel, Maine
- 8. “To teach is to learn twice” - Whitman and Fife (1988) The “learning cell”: Goldschmid (1970) Many benefits but many challenges: Boud et al. (2001), Topping (2005) Assessment needs to be well-thought: Boud et al. (1999) Recent examples: Herrmann (2013) 8
- 9. Learning opportunities ◦ Resource based learning: Video „lectures‟ ◦ Learning through teaching ◦ Experiential learning Assessment and feedback ◦ Peer assessment and critique ◦ Online self-assessment with immediate automatic feedback ◦ Mini viva assessed by academic staff with specific feedback ◦ Consultancy style report and presentation with authentic feedback 9
- 10. A series of resource booklets consisting of the following material: ◦ Background documents with key concepts and intended learning outcomes ◦ TED-Ed: build an online lesson using TED-Ed and YouTube resources http://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=business- economics ◦ Mathematical for Economics: enhancing Teaching and Learning (METAL) http://www.metalproject.co.uk/ ◦ Questionmark-Perception (QMP) and MyMathLab are used for self-assessment/formal assessment 10
- 11. http://ed.ted.com/activity/lessons?lesson=EJuCku SP&state=update Share the lesson with students and ask them to Watch-Think-Dig deeper-Discuss-And Finally 11
- 12. Teaching QM in economics is challenging We propose a blend of collaborative learning and resources Obvious benefits but pitfalls that must be avoided 12
Notes de l'éditeur
- ETL: enhanced teaching and learning project, funded by ESRC… and the question is: can we take into account all these concepts in a unified framework?
- Whitman and Fife (1988): near peers and co-peersGoldschmid and Goldschmid (1976): it is a good review of the approaches used up to then. InGoldschmid (1970) an experiment is performed among various types of peer learning approaches and the learning cell is the most effectiveBoud et al. (2001): is a book on peer learning in higher education with a plethora of referencesChallenges: students might be frustrated as they perceive it less work for lecturer, might foster free-rider behaviour, good students might feel they are not learning if paired with less engaged students, ASSESSMENT has to have a collaborative style (avoid self assessment for example)
- To promote interpersonal (soft, transferrable) skills via Assessment and feedback:Peer assessment and feedback- peers sometimes are better at spotting the root of the problems and we could utilize consciousness caused by competition in learningOnline self-assessment and feedback-independent and autonomous learning, self managementViva-individual performance, self managementReport and presentation- teamwork and collaboration, could be a project on data analysis or on the best way to teach a difficult concept/theory
- If we have time to demonstrate…Quantitative skills: simultaneous equationsOnline videos for independent learningEconomics skills: equilibrium concept and deviations from equilibriumVideos with talks that can be used for discussionSet 2 problems that students prepare and teach to each otherOnline MPQs: not timed and allow collaboration