
Students were also offered optional choices such as: sharing weekly anonymous feedback on the class and lectures, and resubmitting revisions of their midterm exams in order to gain partial credits on missed points. Motivation and awareness of personal learning were prompted by reflections on: mindset (fixed versus growth) and consequences of multitasking, by additionally banning the use of laptops and cell phones in class. Performance and attitude in the two classrooms are compared. The course has been taught in two parallel sections: one in a TEAL classroom (a technologically innovative classroom where students sit at round tables of 8-10 people) and one in a traditional lecture hall. We analyze the impact of different pedagogical interventions in a two-semes ter sequence of an introductory physics course for the Life Sciences.

Impact of Mindset and Awareness on Life Sciences Studentsīy Claudia De Grandi, Simon Mochrie, Rona Ramos.

