Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: What makes a good teacher, and how should we structure classrooms to promote effective teaching?This paper investigates the idea that a good teacher is a good communicator, using models of optimal pragmatic communication to explore the dynamics of classroom learning.The proposed model describes teaching as choosing examples of a concept to present to students in order to maximize their information gain.Under this model, the key challenge for the teacher is communicating to a heterogenous audience.A number of results emerge naturally, including decreases in performance with increases in class size and increases in performance based on tailoring instruction to groups of students based on prior knowledge or ability.
Author: Michael C. Frank
Institution: Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2397105195