Taking up Metalanguage: Effectiveness of Students’ Think-Aloud vs. ComPAIR Feedback during Peer Review
Project Investigator(s): Katja Thieme, Instructor, English, Vantage, Laila Ferreira, Firas Moosvi Project Description We investigate the use of ComPAIR as a platform for peer review among students in ASRW writing studies classes and compare feedback quality on ComPAIR with in-class methods of peer review. Writing studies instruction in ASRW has so far relied on the think-aloud […]
An Examination of the Learning Motivation and Learning Satisfaction of Students Participating in PASS
Project Investigator(s): Christina Sylka, Head, David Lam Management Research Library, Kalenne Thors, Manager, Canaccord Learning Commons, Sauder School of Business, Sunah Cho, Faculty Liaison, Sauder-CTLT, Cassie Gilpin, Student Engagement & Academic Advisor, Sauder School of Business, Tim Huh, Professor, Operations and Logistics, Sauder School of Business, Jonathan Berkowitz, Full-time Lecturer, Operations and Logistics, Sauder School of […]
Pre-Training and Multimedia Presentations for Undergraduate Linguistics
Project Investigator(s): Strang Burton, Instructor, Linguistics Project Description Multimedia resources, because they let students hear speakers and see visuals of speech production, seem like a natural fit for teaching linguistics and languages. But do they actually improve student outcomes and engagement in large undergraduate classrooms? And if so, what specific ways of deploying them work best? […]
Learning in Communities in the Classroom and Beyond— Building up and Bringing Business Language into Practice Through Local Community Engagement
Project Investigator(s): Sunnie Wang, Instructor, Department of Asian Studies, Qian Wang, Director, Chinese Learning Program Project Description This experimental project is the intersection of collaborative-learning, service-learning, and language-learning, which have been stressed and discussed in today’s age of global education. Through two-semesters of advanced-level business Chinese courses, this project aims to 1) assist students in designing […]
Development of a Novel Interprofessional Experiential Rotation in PHRM 473
Project Investigator(s): Jason Min, Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Larry Leung, Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rachel Goossen, MA Student, Educational Studies Project Description Our research project aims to understand the outcomes of a novel practicum rotation for fourth-year PharmD students in 2019-2020. This practicum is the first of its kind at UBC where students will be fully supervised by […]
Evaluating the Impact of Experiential Learning Locally and Abroad on Arts Alumni: A Longitudinal Study
Project Investigator(s): Henry Yu, Principal, Associate Professor, Department of History, Christina Lee, Joanna Yang Project Description Professor Henry Yu has over 15 years of experience teaching, mentoring and supervising students to conduct place-based research and learning beyond traditional classroom settings. In 2018, Prof. Yu led “ACAM 390A – The Heritage of Chinese Migration,” which […]
Documenting the Impact of Course-Embedded Community Engaged Learning on First-Year International Students’ University Transitions
Project Investigator(s): Katherine Lyon, Instructor, Vantage College / Sociology, Kerry Greer, Senior Instructor, Sociology. Simon Lilliot, Instructor, Psychology / Vantage, Daniel Riccardi, Lecturer, Academic English Program / Vantage, Jennifer Lightfoot, Lecturer, Academic English Program / Vantage Project Description Anecdotal evidence from a pilot-year investigation suggests that course-embedded community engaged learning (CEL) opportunities provide unique benefits […]
Persistence in Honours Mathematics
Project Investigator(s): Matthew Coles, Science Education Specialist, Department of Mathematics & The Science Centre for Learning and Teaching (Skylight), Costanza Piccolo, Instructor, Department of Mathematics Project Description In honours mathematics at UBC the success rate (percent of students who enter the program who go on to graduate with honours mathematics) for women is about 30% […]
Investigating Students’ Responses to Feedback on their Written Work
Project Investigator(s): Jaclyn Stewart, Senior Instructor, Chemistry; Gary Bull; Holly Munn; Stephen Ney; Jeanie Rhemtulla; Robin Stoodley Project Description This project will investigate students’ responses to feedback in multiple disciplines and across year levels. We seek to understand how feedback messages interact with student’s individual knowledge and cultural background to produce learning through the writing […]