POGIL

** Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) **
Presenter: Stefanie Paternostro and Terry Biondo Time: February 12th, 2010 (both time slots) Room: C-27

Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) was started at Franklin and Marshall College by two chemistry professors (Rick Moog and Jim Spencer) looking for a way to help teach their students to think and not simply commit facts to memory. The pedagogy has since matriculated not only to other age groups, but also other disciplines. POGIL is a combination of both Piaget's learning cycle and process learning. The activities themselves are written to guide the students through the inquiry process moving first through processes of deductive thinking, and then to inductive (normal textbooks do the reverse). While working on these activities, students learn valuable 21st century skills through communicating and relating to their peers.

The workshop today will present a brief introduction to POGIL and explain the parts of a successful POGIL activity. Participants will then be given the opportunity to write their own POGIL activities for their specific needs. Group Activity Done as Intro

PowerPoint Presentation

Biology Example

Biology Example

Biology Example

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