The document describes Robert Hodson's Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) cycle for introductory biology courses. The JiTT cycle involves 6 steps: 1) students access course material, 2) students select discussion questions, 3) students submit questions, 4) questions are retrieved and classified, 5) supporting material is prepared, and 6) peer instruction occurs in class. Hodson uses an online platform to manage the submission and sorting of student-generated discussion questions to scaffold learning over the academic year from a reductionist to a more synthesis-based approach.

1. Introductory Biology I and II
2010 TWSIA Submission
Robert Hodson
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences

2. The JiTT Cycle
1. Course
Material
6. Peer
2. Question
Instruction in
Selection
Class
Steps in the student
discussion question
preparation and
delivery cycle.
5. Supporting
3. Question
Material
Submission
Prepared
4. Questions
Retrieved &
Classified
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3. Instructions for Submitting a Discussion
Question via Tests & Quizzes Tool
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4. Discussion Question Assignments Page
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5. Assignment Data Exported to Excel
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6. Responses Are Parsed Into Columns
Using * as Separator
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7. Questions Are Sorted by Section
Number and by Student Last Name
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8. Data Are Added to a Word Template
Document
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9. Content of the Lecture
Questions have been pasted
into the template and sorted
in a logical order. Links to
additional information has
been added by the Instructor
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10. Sequencing and Scaffolding
1
Ecosystem
6 2
Biological Complexity
1 5 3
6 2 4
1 5 3
6 2 4
1 Scaffolding of the discussion question
5 3
6 2 format over the course of an academic
4
year in which Introductory Biology is
presented with a “synthesis” rather
Atom
5 3
than “reductionist” approach.
4
Beginning of Academic Year End of Academic Year
Time
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