The following quote is from the Inside Higher Ed article: The Dangers of Fluent Lecture and points to the key findings of this research.
“A study says smooth-talking professors can lull students into thinking they’ve learned more than they actually have — potentially at the expense of active learning. Students who engage in active learning learn more — but feel like they learn less — than peers in more lecture-oriented classrooms. That’s in part because active learning is harder than more passive learning, according to a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”
The Dangers of Fluent Lectures – https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/09/study-how-smooth-talking-professors-can-lull-students-thinking-theyve-learned-more
This is the study (the primary sources) that that article is referring to:
Measuring actual learning versus the feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom – https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/116/39/19251.full.pdf
Thank you so much for the class. I really agree with the lecture this week. I have been doing online learning since 2003. I feel my classes have been just that, interactive with the right amount of lecture. Talking to the teacher has been great, more open. This environment has made me to ask more questions for better clarity.
Glad to hear that you have been encouraged to ask more questions. Deeper learning starts with the questions that we ask.