Using Crash Courses to Review High School Concepts in the Classroom

Do you have students worried about end-of-year exams? Don’t panic! Crash Courses are here to help. You can use them during a review session or remedial class. Choose a concept that the majority of students are struggling with and play the appropriate video via your interactive whiteboard or overhead projector. Your class can answer the review questions individually or as a group; in this way, Crash Courses serve as an effective and comprehensive review method. You can then have your students complete the exercises or refer them to the suggested key concepts or related topics as needed.

Many educators are embracing cooperative learning in their classrooms. With this instructional method, students learn from each other. To begin, form breakout groups of four or five students. Have each group complete the video exercises by dividing the work based on each member’s strengths. Then, the groups can discuss their answers and correct their work as a team This learning approach helps students develop essential skills such as teamwork, self-reliance, and constructing arguments.

The flipped classroom model is an increasingly popular teaching strategy! How does it work? It’s pretty simple. The teacher assigns materials to read or watch for homework. During the next class, students ask questions and strengthen their understanding of the new concepts through in-class activities. For example, you could assign a Crash Course to watch for homework. This would minimize the time spent introducing new concepts in class and allow students to focus more on applying their knowledge and develop more sophisticated skills.

Like all the videos available on the Alloprof website, Crash Courses are excellent resources for introducing new topics. They can be viewed in full at the beginning or end of a class or broken up throughout the period. After watching each segment, students can ask questions and deepen their understanding. Using a variety of teaching methods helps students stay focused, so alternating between videos and discussions can be a great way to keep your class engaged.