Evaluation of the Novel UBC Radiology Teaching App
Project Investigator(s): Kathryn Darras, Resident, Department of Radiology; Bruce Forster, Professor and Head, Department of Radiology; Claudia Krebs, Professor of Teaching, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences; Savvas Nicolaou, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology Project Description In November 2016, the undergraduate radiology team launched a novel free iOS and Android app designed with validated educational […]
Measuring Change: Improving Methods to Evaluate Case Analysis Assignment Reports in Dental Hygiene Program
Project Investigator(s): Batoul Shariati, Professor, Faculty of Dentistry; Afsaneh Sharif, Senior Instructional Designer, CTLT Project Description This project is aimed to assess the changes made on the course content and delivery methods along with developing appropriate assessment tool for evaluating students’ assignment reports in an on-line Oral Epidemiology course offered to UBC dental hygiene students. […]
Using a Concept Inventory for Early Identification of “At Risk” Students in Genetics
Project Investigator(s): Jennifer Klenz, Senior Instructor, Botany; Pam Kalas, Instructor, Zoology & Botany Project Description We want to implement the entire (validated) meiosis concept inventory in the second year genetics course (BIOL234) as a pre/post-test, conducting a rigorous statistical analysis of the results to determine whether pre-test scores, or answers to specific questions, are predictive […]
Two Stage Review as an Approach to Improving Student Application of Concepts
Project Investigator(s): Tara Ivanochko, Instructor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Sara Harris, Instructor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Phil Austin, Instructor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Project Description EOSC 340: Global Climate Change is a math- and physics-intensive course open to science and engineering students at UBC. This project […]
On being strategic in selecting active learning techniques
Project Investigator(s): Jenny H Peterson, Instructor, Department of Political Science Project Description This study will present evidence and analysis of the specific impacts of different modes of active learning (e.g. simulations, role playing, peer teaching, reflective writing), on specific course learning objectives (e.g. improving basic comprehension of topic area, developing critical thinking skills, communicating complex […]
Measuring Student Aptitude for Knowledge Transfer Across Disciplinary Boundaries
Project Investigator(s): Chris Addison, Instructor, Department of Chemistry; James Charbonneau, Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy Project Description This project involves developing an instrument that will allow us to quantify student ability to transfer knowledge across discipline boundaries, and to assess the ability of the Science One Program to promote this knowledge transfer. We will […]
Complementarity of teaching approaches in Soil Science Education: Instructor and student perspectives
Project Investigator(s): Sandra Brown, Instructor, Applied Biology Project Description Currently three upper level soil science courses in the Applied Biology program are taught using distinct instructional approaches: direct instruction, problem based learning and experiential learning. This project aims to evaluate the complementarity of these courses as a package from both instructor and student perspectives, to answer […]
Instructor versus Student Perspectives of Cognitive Tasks in Chemistry Laboratories
Project Investigator(s): Robin Stoodley, Senior Instructor, Chemistry Project Description Do students and instructors share the same view of which cognitive tasks are present in chemistry laboratory experiments? Anecdotal evidence suggests they do not, but to what extent do they differ? Are there patterns to the differences? Why do they differ? The instructors’ views have already been […]
Impact of placement of questions within videos on student learning
Project Investigator(s): Eugenia Yu, Senior Instructor, Department of Statistics, Nancy Heckman, Professor, Department of Statistics, Bruce Dunham, Professor of Teaching, Department of Statistics , Caitlin Donnelly, Lecture, Botany Project Description The Flexible Learning Introductory Statistics (FLIS) project is a multi-disciplinary, cross-faculty collaboration between UBC statistics instructors, focused on the development of instructional resources. We have created […]
The Effectiveness of Office Hours: A Causal Approach
Project Investigator(s): Jonathan Graves, Instructor, Vancouver School of Economics Project Description This project asks a simple question: what is the impact of office hours on student achievement? Research on the scholarship of higher education has repeatedly emphasized the importance of student-faculty interaction. However, very few of these studies are able to explain whether this is […]