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Visualization and Crossword: In-Class Exercise---An Active Learning Strategy


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Objective: Implementation of active learning methods into classroom enhances the learning experience of students. Instructional strategy followed by proper active learning activity increases engagement, attention, thinking skill of students. This study was carried out to incorporate an instructional strategy i.e visualization followed by active learning activity- crossword puzzle to first year B.Tech students and to find out its effectiveness in the learning process.

Methods: The animated videos available on internet were used for visualization. Then by using free online resources, crossword puzzles were created and provided to the students. Evaluation was done by crossword puzzle as well as by feedback in the form of questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale. The data was collected and analyzed.

Results: More than 90% students indicated that visualization and crossword puzzle enhanced their learning, oriented to the important topics and served as good tool in effective learning of engineering physics.

Conclusions: This activity contributed to a helpful learning experience which allows the students to engage better in the learning, to review the lecture material as well as examination and also provides a more relaxed and friendly classroom atmosphere by proper break in the lecture without breaking learning.


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Active learning, Visualization, Crossword puzzles, Questionnaire.
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Preeti S. Joshi
Dept. of Humanities and Sciences, Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


Objective: Implementation of active learning methods into classroom enhances the learning experience of students. Instructional strategy followed by proper active learning activity increases engagement, attention, thinking skill of students. This study was carried out to incorporate an instructional strategy i.e visualization followed by active learning activity- crossword puzzle to first year B.Tech students and to find out its effectiveness in the learning process.

Methods: The animated videos available on internet were used for visualization. Then by using free online resources, crossword puzzles were created and provided to the students. Evaluation was done by crossword puzzle as well as by feedback in the form of questionnaire using a 5-point Likert scale. The data was collected and analyzed.

Results: More than 90% students indicated that visualization and crossword puzzle enhanced their learning, oriented to the important topics and served as good tool in effective learning of engineering physics.

Conclusions: This activity contributed to a helpful learning experience which allows the students to engage better in the learning, to review the lecture material as well as examination and also provides a more relaxed and friendly classroom atmosphere by proper break in the lecture without breaking learning.


Keywords


Active learning, Visualization, Crossword puzzles, Questionnaire.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet%2F2021%2Fv35i2%2F144011