Experience in teaching helps in anticipating and managing classroom challenges with ease, allowing for a more adaptable approach instead of stressing out. Structured classroom environments are valued by students for providing clear guidelines and fostering their metacognitive and self-regulated learning skills, enabling them to excel even in less structured environments.
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