Coalition
faculty and experts that we interviewed teach classes that
range from 20 to 400 students. All agreed that
active/cooperative learning can be done in classes of
almost any size.
Richard Felder commented
that A/CL is especially important for large classes, where
getting students engaged is usually a challenge.
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Richard Felder
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Hoechst
Celanese Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical
Engineering
North Carolina State University |
Our faculty did note that
sometimes adjustments have to be made for class size. Click
on the links below for ideas about how the implementation of
A/CL varies with class size.
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Ron Roedel |
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Professor of
Electrical Engineering
Arizona State University
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P.K. Imbrie
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Assistant
Professor of Engineering, Department of Freshman
Engineering
Purdue University
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Veronica Burrows
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Associate
Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Arizona State University
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Cesar Malave
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Associate
Professor of Industrial Engineering
Texas A&M University
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Jim Morgan |
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Associate
Professor of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
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Russ Pimmel
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Professor of
Electrical Engineering
University of Alabama
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Jim Richardson
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Associate
Professor in the Civil Engineering Department
University of Alabama |
For more information on
active engagement in large classes, see:
MacGregor, J., J.L. Cooper,
K.A. Smith and P. Robinson. Strategies for Energizing Large
Classes: From Small Groups to Learning Communities. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000. |
