Trish Varao-Sousa
Teaching Historical Controversy: South Asian Case Studies
Project Investigator(s): Tara Mayer, Instructor, Department of History Project Description This project examines student responses to historical controversy. The literature about engaging with controversial issues in the classroom is inconclusive. Some studies suggest that it can be divisive and make both students and instructors ill at ease, while others regard it as key to teaching […]
From Pillar to Posts: An Evidence-Based Analysis of Differences and Complementarities between the Traditional Term Paper and Student Blogs
Project Investigator(s): Robert MA Crawford, Instructor, Department of Political Science Project Description A sampling of undergraduate course outlines today reflects increased experimentation with new genres of writing across academic fields. Yet the large term essay remains a largely unquestioned pillar of rigorous academic writing. This project will undertake comparative analysis of student blogs and a […]
Building Bridges between Health and Politics: a New Course at UBC
Project Investigator(s): Farah Shroff, Instructor, Department of Political Science Project Description The socio-political determinants of health are rooted in income and social equity. This course will encourage Political Science students to see themselves as potentially playing a role as social actors in ameliorating global public health. The research question is linked to students’ (shifting) perspectives […]
The Evaluation of Team-Based Learning in a Large Environmental Chemistry Class
Project Investigator(s): Anka Lekhi, Instructor, Department of Chemistry Project Description In Fall 2016, we developed course materials to facilitate Team-based Learning (TBL) in Chemistry 301. Students in a TBL class engage with a case study in pre-assigned teams of 4-6. Teams are required to make a decision about the case using information from pre-reading assignments […]
Exploring the linguistic features of multiple choice questions: Evening the Playing Field for English as an Additional Language Students
Project Investigator(s): Mark Lam, Lecturer, Department of Psychology; Katherine Lyon, Instructor, Department of Sociology; Brett Todd, Lecturer, Vantage College Academic English Program; Jennifer Lightfoot, Instructor, Vantage College Academic English Program Project Description Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a commonly used assessment tool in post-secondary institutions and are often lexically dense and grammatically complex (containing highly packed […]
Beyond the Classroom: Assessing the Impact of Community Based Experiential Learning (CBEL) on First Year Arts Students’ Course Performance and Satisfaction
Project Investigator(s): Kerry Greer, Instructor, Department of Sociology; Katherine Lyon, Instructor, Department of Sociology and Vantage; Thomas Kemple, Professor, Department of Sociology and Chair of First Year Programs in Arts; Susan Grossman, Director, Centre for Community Engaged Learning Project Description Anecdotal evidence from a pilot-year investigation suggests that community-based experiential learning opportunities enhances student engagement […]
Students as Emerging Artists in Society: Experiential Learning in Visual Arts
Project Investigator(s): Christine D’Onofrio, Instructor, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory Project Description The following research proposal aims to study experiential learning pedagogical models and their methods of execution in a Visual Arts Community Engaged Learning class, VISA 375 Artists in Society. Informed by personal teaching reflection and rigorously determined curriculum models undertaken […]
Pilot Testing of an Online Nutrition Discussion Forum for the MD Undergraduate Program (MDUP) and Development of a Strategy to Measure its Impact on Medical Student Outcomes
Project Investigator(s): Linda Casey, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics Project Description We are developing an on-line discussion forum to provide an opportunity for medical students to explore the relationships between nutrition and health, and consider nutrition-related problems and questions that may arise in patient care. At designated points throughout the first-year curriculum, a nutrition-focused […]
Community-based experiential component in second year conversational Spanish courses: Evaluating Impact on Communicative Performance and Students’ Affective Response to Experiential Learning of a Second Language.
Project Investigator(s): Maria Carbonetti, Lecturer, French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies; Carolina Navarrete – Postdoctoral Fellow (Liu Institute – French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies) Project Description This project will create assessment tools and surveys for evaluating the impact of the community-based experiential learning component in Conversational Spanish courses on communicative performance (oral, aural, and cultural) and […]
Exploration of Dominance and Muting in Student-Led Software Development Meetings
Project Investigator(s): Elisa Baniassad, Instructor, Department of Computer Science Project Description In observing software engineering teams, I have seen that while some students dominate discussions, others feel “muted”. Since meetings involve task assignments and technological choices, quieter students can be sidelined into “housekeeping” work. This has a stratifying effect, further reducing quiet students’ voices at […]