FLIPPED CLASSROOM APPROACHES Peer Activities

Peer Teaching

Peer Teaching

During peer teaching, learners alternate between the role of a teacher and the role of a student. They have the opportunity to question, explain, express their opinions, listen, compare, and address misconceptions. Peer teaching enhances intrinsic motivation and engages students in the teaching process. The instructor will need to provide specific and focused instructions on what is to be taught and on the format of the peer teaching interactions. Try to minimize the possibility of inactivity for the student role.

One option is to have students alternate between asking questions about the topic and answering them. One student asks a question, the other student responds and receives feedback/clarifications. Then they swap roles. Another option is to have the students conduct mock interviews. These interviews could easily be recorded and posted to Canvas.

Best Practices

- - Use rubrics to grade/assess your learners. Consider whether or not you want learners to complete peer evaluations of each other.
  - Plan in advance how you will address incorrect information or misconceptions that learners may unknowingly teach to their peers.

Peer Reviews

Peer Reviews

Having students review each other’s work can give them an opportunity to give and receive constructive feedback as well as develop critical thinking skills (depending upon how you frame the peer review assignment).

Best Practices

- - Be as specific as possible with your instructions – what exactly are students supposed to review and how are they supposed to review it?
  - Provide a rubric for students to use as they review their classmate’s work.
  - Consider if (and how) you will assess student performance on their peer reviews.

Example of peer review instructions:

“The focus of this assignment is to provide constructive feedback on one draft of a Group Policy Brief of your classmates. This also provides you practice analyzing new advocacy issues. You will be individually assigned a Group Policy Brief to review. You will create a document that provides constructive feedback in four areas.”

- Read instructions on how Peer Review Assignments can be used in Canvas.
- Read instructions on how to create a Peer Review Assignment in Canvas.

Peer Evaluations

Peer Evaluation

Peer evaluations encourage learners to reflect on team processes, their own contributions, and their classmates' contributions.

Best Practices

- - Be clear and focused with your instructions on how learners are to evaluate each other.
  - Provide a rubric for learners to use as they evaluate their peers.
  - Consider how the peer evaluations will be collected and provided to individual learners – will you provide them as-is to the learners or will you review and summarize feedback?
  - Consider if (and how) you will assess learner peer evaluations.