"Peer Instruction" by Eric Mazur is a useful way to get students working together in class

What is a "peer"?  A peer is another student or another person who is in the same situation that you are.  As a teacher, my peers are trying to make classes more interesting.  As a student, you and your peers can try to use the "peer instruction" method.

You can learn about this method by reading this blog.  There are links to videos that will help you get the idea WHY students need to prepare for class that day before.

These are the steps in the classroom

Here is Mazur's book

This is an excerpt from the book
NOTE:  what do the students do?

This is my review of the book (on books.google.com)

Here are some students at a university using the method.

This is a nice graphic about the flipped classroom.
"Watch a video" is your homework

Here is the use of the phrase "TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR"

The blog is called TURN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR because the teacher asks a question and then wants you to discuss that question with other students.
The blog is at blog.peerinstruction.net

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rixx-Qtnt5I
This is a video that shows steps that you can take with the peer instruction method.

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