Just-in-Time Teaching

JiTT Version 1

Just-in-Time Teaching - What it is

Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) refers to a pedagogical strategy that uses feedback between classroom activities and work that students do at home in preparation for the actual classroom activities. By preparing at home and with ideas bringing from that preparation, the aims of JiTT are to increase learning and thinking during learning sessions, to enhance student motivation, to encourage students to prepare for class, and allow the teacher to effectively conduct the classroom activities towards best meet students’ needs (Wikipedia, 2013)

In addition, according to the Carleton College (2013), JiTT focuses on improving student learning through the use of brief  questions (JiTT activities) delivered before a face-to-face class that these are prepared at home. Going into the class, Students' responses to JiTT exercises are reviewed by the teacher a short time before learning session and are used to develop classroom activities addressing learning gaps revealed in the JiTT responses. JiTT exercises/questions/activities allow the teacher to quickly gather information about student understanding of content concepts immediately prior to a face-to-face class and tailor activities to meet students' actual learning needs.

Advantages To improving student learning and increasing in-class teaching efficiency and effectiveness through: getting students' preparation for class engaging and enhancing student motivation for learning promoting ongoing formative assessment of student learning informing in-class activities that target student learning gaps connecting Out-of-Class and In-Class

Disadvantages Pre-class Preparation requires time, knowledge and skills that not all students and class teachers to commit themselves to doing so.

Sources and References

Carleton College (2013). What is Just-in-Time Teaching?. Retrieved 29 September from

         http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/justintime/what.html

Wikipedia (2013). Just in Time Teaching. Retrieved 29 September 2013 from

         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_in_Time_Teaching