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Exploring Undergraduates' Perceptions of the Use of Active RESEARCH AND TEACHING Exploring Undergraduates’ Perceptions of the Use of Active Learning Techniques in Science Lectures By Ashley J. Welsh This paper examines students’ URDGO\ GH¿QHG active learn- DQG \LHOG D PHDQV IRU VWXGHQWV WR mixed perceptions of the use of ingLVWKHLQVWUXFWLRQDODS- GLVSHO SDUWLFXODU PLVFRQFHSWLRQV E\ active learning techniques in SURDFKHV RU PHWKRGV WKDW GLVFXVVLQJ FRQFHSWV DQG UHDVRQLQJ undergraduate science lectures. ³HQJDJHVWXGHQWVLQWKHOHDUQ- ZLWK HDFK RWKHU &URXFK 0D]XU Written comments from over 250 BLQJ SURFHVV ,Q VKRUW DFWLYH OHDUQLQJ 0DFKHPHU &UDZIRUG students offered an in-depth view UHTXLUHV VWXGHQWV WR GR PHDQLQJIXO 0H\HUV -RQHV6PLWKHWDO of why students perceive these OHDUQLQJ DFWLYLWLHV DQG WKLQN DERXW 7KH LQFRUSRUDWLRQ RI VXFK techniques as helping or hindering ZKDW WKH\¶UH GRLQJ´ 3ULQFH HQJDJHPHQWWHFKQLTXHVLQOHFWXUHLV their learning and experience. 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