Narratives of affect and academic writing: Exploring student attitudes to writing in the Faculty of Arts
Project Investigator(s): Jaclyn Rea, Senior Instructor, Arts Studies in Research and Writing; Kate Power, Instructor, Arts Studies in Research and Writing Project Description This project develops and tests a mechanism for exploring student attitudes towards academic writing, with a view to adding an affective dimension to evidence-based curriculum revision and professional development within Faculty of […]
Exploring International Students’ Perceptions and Use of Peer Review in a First-Year Science Communications Course
Project Investigator(s): Ashley Welsh, Faculty Liaison (Science); Joanne Fox, Principal, Vantage College Project Description This research aims to investigate how international first-year students’ engagement with peer review activities in a first year science communications course influences their perception of peer review and their own approaches to writing. Analysis of a survey instrument, student coursework, classroom […]
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 […]
Exploring the Potential for First-Year Undergraduate Courses to Participate in Research Projects at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Project Investigator(s): Bridgette Clarkston, Instructor, Botany Project Description The Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM) is home to UBC’s biological research collections and contains over two million specimens—a wealth of potential for teaching and research projects. However, most courses in the Biology Program do not use the Museum and those that do interact mostly with the public displays. […]
Seating the Scene: Identifying antecedents and consequences of micro-segregation and testing an intervention to disrupt it
Project Investigator(s): Simon Lolliot, Instructor, Psychology, Steven Barnes, Senior Instructor, Psychology, Trish Varao-Sousa, PhD student, Psychology Project Description The present project aims to identify patterns of segregation in university classrooms, and implement a learning tool to ameliorate this segregation. Based on prior research on micro-segregation (segregation that occurs in every-day living spaces, including classrooms), we plan […]
Enriching Educational Experiences in Social Justice and Active Citizenship through Community-Based Experiential Learning
Project Investigator(s): Reginald D’Silva, Senior Instructor and Academic Director, UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs, Department of Language and Literacy Education; Ryan Deschambault, Instructor, UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs; Amber Moore, PhD Student, LLED and Support Associate Project Description International students in the UBC-Rits Programs (UBC-Rits), as in other programs across UBC, are faced with learning challenges while enrolled […]
HEAL 100: Introduction and Principles of Health and Well-Being: Long Term Impact of Student Health and Academic Success
Project Investigator(s): Sally Willis Stewart, Director, Nutrition Education Centre, Faculty of Health and Social Development Project Description This proposal involves evaluating the transformative new first year health course, HEAL 100 – Introduction and Principles of Health and Well-being, implemented last fall. The positive result of this pilot project is the spark for now wanting to […]
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 […]
Enhancing personalized learning and engagement in a class with large enrolment
Project Investigator(s): Tim Huh, Professor, Sauder School of Business, Sunah Cho, Gregory Werker Project Description This case study examines the value of student employees (graduate and undergraduate students) who took various roles behind the scenes of the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) project as contributors to the development of supplementary resources (tutorial videos and […]