Washington State University
Gina Sprint
POGIL Overview¶
Teaching by telling and learning by listening is not an effective teaching/learning model for most students. Consequently, we are going to do active learning activities in CptS 111. In class, we are going to be learning some new concepts and applying skills in groups of 3 students. This approach to teaching and learning is based on a system called POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry-based Learning). POGIL aims to help students:
- Develop content mastery
- Develop process skills
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Information processing
- Effective communication
- Teamwork
POGIL Groups¶
Often in class, we are going to form groups of 3 students such that every group has at least one student with a laptop. Each member of the group is going to have a specific role:
Manager: Manages the group¶
- Ensures that members are fulfilling their role, the assigned tasks are being accomplished on time, and all members of the group are participating in the activities.
- Reads the task descriptions to the group.
- Has a laptop with the Spyder IDE open, types/executes Python code, and reports/explains the results to all members of the group.
- Checks results.
- Records the names and roles of the group members, the important aspects of the group discussions/observations/insights/etc for group notes (perhaps in an email) and micro assignments.
- Represents the group by presenting oral reports to the class.