Article: Course and Assignment Design
Practical Tips for Incorporating High Structure Course Design Into Your Own Courses
Chemical Engineering Education
Justin’s
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I wrote this article to give folks a clear and practical guide to start incorporating high structure course design principles into your own courses. While it is written from a chemical engineering point of view, the tips can be applied to any discipline.
High structure course design involves scaffolding students’ learning via pre-class content acquisition and assessment, in-class active learning exercises, after-class review and assessment, and frequent summative assessments. Research has demonstrated the efficacy of high structure courses including improved student performance, reduced achievement gaps, and increased feelings of belonging. This article will describe how to adopt high structure course design principles for chemical engineering courses in order to bring positive outcomes to students.