Improving the scientific writing of students: An examination of tutorial activities
Project Investigator(s): Maryam Moussavi, Sessional Instructor, Department of Zoology Project Description The project goal is to better assist students’ creation of logical arguments for their scientific writing. Worksheets and activities are being developed to assist with the initial set-up for the current scaffolded assignment, based on previous student feedback. I aim to evaluate the efficacy […]
Reflective essays for affective domain learning in science field courses
Project Investigator(s): Suzie Lavallee, Senior Instructor, Forestry and Conservation Sciences Project Description This study will examine the dimensions of affective domain learning in a capstone field course for a program (Natural Resources Conservation – Science and Management major) in UBC Faculty of Forestry. Assessments of attitudes, beliefs, professionalism, and ethics will be provided over a […]
Barriers to attending office hours among Biology students – Perceived and Actual
Project Investigator(s): Pam Kalas, Senior Instructor, Department of Zoology and Botany; Sunita Chowrira, Professor of Teaching, Department of Botany Project Description In large university courses, office hours represent unique opportunities for students to receive individualized support from instructors. So much learning is thought to take place during office hours interactions that publishing companies have developed educational […]
Role of classroom instruction for the development of interactional competence: Incomplete sentences in Japanese conversation
Project Investigator(s): Saori Hoshi, Instructor, Department of Asian Studies Project Description This project investigates the development of conversational skills by L2 learners of Japanese in an explicitly instructed setting, focusing on their use of incomplete sentences in free conversations with Japanese native peers. While use of incomplete sentences is a fairly common practice that speakers […]
A Community of Practice Pedagogy and Teaching Social Work Analysis
Project Investigator(s): Antoine Coulombe, Instructor, School of Social Work Project Description In this project, I will explore how the Community of Practice (CoP) pedagogy can be applied in learning Social Work (SW), how it can create a discussion space for challenging subjects; evaluate its principle applications; and determine the limits of this pedagogy. To date, […]
Can we help students value biological diversity, especially the biodiversity they may be “blind” to, through participation in a Beaty Museum specimen curation project?
Project Investigator(s): Bridgette Clarkston, Instructor, Department of Botany Project Description First-year students have few opportunities to contribute to science beyond their classroom, especially in large-enrollment lecture courses. And while the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM) is home to UBC’s biological research collections and contains over two million specimens, most courses in the Biology Program do not […]
Identifying Interdisciplinary Connections Using an Ongoing Reflection Activity
Project Investigator(s): Chris Addison, Senior Instructor, Department of Chemistry; James Charbonneau, Instructor, Department of Physics and Astronomy Project Description We will develop an online reflection activity that Science One students complete on a weekly basis while in the program. The activity will ask students to identify major concepts presented in class that week, and to […]
The “Ideathon Challenge” as Pedagogic Method Towards Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Innovation, and Applied Learning: A Case Study
Project Investigator(s): Su-Jan Yeo, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Community and Regional Planning Project Description ‘PLAN 211 City-Making: A Global Perspective’ is a new undergraduate service course and open to students with second year standing or above in any program at UBC. Embedded in this course is the time-sensitive and team-based “City-Making Ideathon Challenge”—a platform […]
Efficacy of a Voting App for Online Students
Project Investigator(s): Roland Stull, Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Anthony Di Stefano, PhD Student, Atmospheric Science Project Description Clickers have proven to be an effective way to engage students in face-to-face science courses. Our goal is to give online students a similar learning experience. In a flipped online class environment, our new […]
Best Case Scenarios that Provide a Case-Load of Fun: Educating with Enhanced Case Studies!
Project Investigator(s): Zoe Soon, Senior Instructor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences Project Description I would like to develop a set of student resources which assist students in developing a more thorough understanding of the intricate and complex details of various diseases and disorders. It is well known that case studies assist with learning pathophysiology, […]