The chapter delves into strategies for aligning course components with learning objectives, focusing on pre, during, and post-class activities. It emphasizes the importance of structured yet flexible course design to cater to diverse student needs, utilizing strategies like planned curiosity boosters, active learning methods, and authentic assessments.
Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students.
-Justin Shaffer
The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment.
-Justin Shaffer
I don’t think the structure necessarily guarantees success because it’s the students ultimately have to put the work in to earn that grade, to earn that outcome.
-Justin Shaffer