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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
A Novel Use for High-Fidelity Human Patient Simulation (HPS): Does Integration of HPS into the Speech-Language Pathology Curriculum Facilitate Clinical Competencies?
Project Investigator(s): Stacey Skoretz, Assistant Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences Project Description Health sciences curricula are moving toward competency-based assessments but how this is to be incorporated into speech-language pathology education has yet to be determined. High-fidelity patient simulation (HPS) has been utilized for medical training as it affords safe yet complex learning […]
Improving Real-Time Student Engagement During Large-Class Lectures Using an Online Learning Platform
Project Investigator(s): David Massaro, Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice Project Description Over the past year, I have incorporated an online learning platform (ie. Socrative Pro) to my large class lectures and used it to create a real-time “backchannel” for students to post their questions and comments during my lectures after which I input my responses and post […]
Reducing language-related extraneous cognitive load for non-native English-speaking students in the Faculty of Forestry
Project Investigator(s): Patrick Culbert, Instructor, Forest and Conservation Sciences; Jeff Howarth, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Middlebury College Project Description International students comprise 35% of the undergraduate student body in the Faculty of Forestry, and language issues are a serious barrier to learning for non-native English speakers. Using a Cognitive Load Theory framework, we will […]
Pre-Training and Multimedia Presentations for Undergraduate Linguistics
Project Investigator(s):Â 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? […]