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Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC), 1961 East Mall
Overview of CWSEI Progress - Sarah Gilbert
Workshops and Activities in Large First-Year Physics Lectures - Georg Rieger
What I Learned from CWSEI-EOS - Susan Allen
Biology 306 Advanced Ecology- Gary Bradfield
Transformations: Math 104 and 184 - Mark Mac Lean
Faculty and Science Teaching & Learning Fellows presented posters on what’s happening in the Earth & Ocean Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, Computer Science, Mathematics, Life Sciences, and Chemistry CWSEI programs, as well as posters addressing cross-cutting issues.
Chemistry
Computer Science
Title |
Author (s) |
|---|---|
| Measuring Student Confidence and Lab Material Balance in a Computer Science Course | Ryan Golbeck |
| Improving Student Engagement and Self-Assessment Through Gamification | Kim Voll and Andre Malan |
| Revitalizing Labs: Lessons from 2.5 Years of Iterative Development and Assessment of Digital Logic Labs | Elizabeth Patitsas and Steve Wolfman |
Earth & Ocean Sciences
Title |
Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Promoting and Measuring General Scientific Reasoning Expertise of 2nd Year Students | Francis M. Jones, Mark Jellinek and Michael G. Bostock |
| Measuring Novices' Field Mapping Abilities Using an In-Class Exercise Based on Expert Task Analysis | Josh Caulkins |
| Geologic Expertise and Field Mapping: Lessons from a 3rd Year Undergraduate Field School | Josh Caulkins |
| The Observation Feedback Loop: Using Classroom Observation Data to Improve Student Engagement | Erin Lane |
| Tracking Student Progress with a Mineralogy/Petrology Concept Inventory | Alison Jolley, Sara Harris and Mary Lou Bevier |
| Student Evaluations of Teaching: How have EOS-SEI Courses Fared? | Sara Harris |
Life Sciences
Title |
Author(s) |
|---|---|
| The Operon Concept Inventory: Measuring Targeted Learning Gains in Microbiology | Jared Taylor, Elizabeth Imrie and George Spiegelman |
| Measuring Learning Gain in a Transformed Introductory Ecology Course | Malin Hansen |
Mathematics
Title |
Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Basic Skills in Mathematics | Joseph Lo and Costanza Piccolo |
| Assessing Basic Skills for Mathematical Proof | Sandi Merchant and Andrew Rechnitzer |
| MAPS - Mathematics Attitudes Perceptions Survey | Warren Code, Joseph Lo and Sandi Merchant |
| How do Novices Spend Time Programming with MATLAB? | Warren Code |
| Redesign of Computer Labs for Engineering Students in a Linear Algebra Course | Warren Code, Costanza Piccolo and Brian Wetton |
| Problem-solving Workshops in First-year Calculus | Warren Code and Costanza Piccolo |
Physics and Astronomy
Title |
Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Epistemological Framing and External Knowledge in Physics Problem Solving | Sandy Martinuk |
| Shifting to a Copernican Model of the Solar System by Shifting Away from a Copernican Model of Teaching | Peter Newbury and Harvey Richer |
| Physics and Astronomy Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program | Jonathan Massey-Allard, Sandra Meyers and Natasha Holmes |
| Tracking Students' Knowledge of Electricity and Magnetism from 1st to 3rd Year | Jim Carolan |
| On Guided Invention Activities that Support Scientific Reasoning and Domain Learning | Natasha Holmes, Ido Roll, James Day and Doug Bonn |
| Learning Science by Doing Science - Designing, Executing and Analyzing Experiments in Physics 100 Labs | Ido Roll, Jim Carolan and Georg Rieger |
Example Class – lead by Harvey Richer (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
1:30 – 2:50pm, room 182
In this demonstration class, you'll experience elements of interactive engagement incorporated into a classroom setting, including Peer Instruction with clickers, group activities with worksheets, and demonstrations.
Part 1: Example class (first 40 minutes)
Part 2: Discussion about the instructional techniques and implementation
3:00– 4:30pm – 2 simultaneous workshops
Designing in-class activities – room 185
Convert your lecture notes into activities
Workshop on designing small-group activities that give students practice in expert reasoning and develop expert problem solving skills in your discipline.