This session will highlight how an NSF-funded summer undergraduate research program at Pepperdine University was successfully designed and carried out. Student researchers involved in the program evaluation believed that this undergraduate research opportunity helped to demystify what research is and how it is conducted. Faculty viewed undergraduate research as a systematic means to pursue the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘assessment’
Interdisciplinary Efforts Used to Assess Undergraduate Research
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by maryannFrequent Grading, Communication, and Confidence
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by maryannThis session will focus on how frequent, low-stakes grading establishes a productive student-teacher dialogue and how such grading also builds student confidence. The presenter will include specific insights into using technologically-mediated learning environments to encourage and facilitate frequent grading and how to develop basic rubrics appropriate for low-stakes student work. By establishing a predictable, steady [...]
Faculty Voices: Multiple Perspectives on Blended Learning
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by maryannFaculty members learn best from peers, but mentors may not have time to meet all colleagues’ needs. With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Simmons College is creating online faculty case studies designed to address this challenge. Each case, built around a videotaped faculty interview, focuses on a specific teaching challenge or problem: fostering [...]
The History Learning Project Decodes a Department: Saying Farewell to Solo Practice
Posted Friday, October 30th, 2009 by maryannWinner of 2009 McGraw-Hill and Magna Award for Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning
So you’ve innovated in your classroom, designed assessments, collected data about whether your students were learning, and refined your classroom techniques. This is in keeping with the general view of the higher education classroom as an artisan’s shop, into which other artisans [...]