Resources

Learning Goals - Upper Division Electricity and Magnetism (CU-Boulder) - info

This is a complete set of learning goals for Physics 3310, Principles of Electricity and Magnetism 1, a 3rd year...

Learning goals for EBIO-3080: Evolutionary Biology - info

These goals describe what EBIO majors should be able to do and know upon graduation. This is an example for one...

Learning Goals Workshop by Carl Wieman - info

Research has shown that students don't necessarily learn what professors think they are teaching, producing...

Learning Goals: examples from the SEIs - info

Good examples of learning goals - developed by departments involved in the Science Education Initiatives at UBC and...

Listening to student conversations during clicker questions: What you have not heard might surprise you! - info

Mark James and Shannon Willoughby, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 79(1), pp. 123-132 (2011).
This article...

Making the most of demonstrations, videos, animations, or simulations in lectures and laboratories - info

Based on a workshop offered at the UBC Annual Science Education Open House on April 13, 2015. This short document...

Math Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (MAPS) - info

A survey developed at UBC to characterize students' attitudes and perceptions about learning mathematics....

Motivating Learning - info

Student motivation is probably the single most important element of learning. Learning is inherently hard work; it...

Multiple Choice Question Writing Guidance (BYU Testing Center) - info

Several guides for the creation of multiple choice questions and other formats, including the excellent <a href=...

Observation Guide for the Active-learning Classroom - info

This guide was created by Carl Wieman to facilitate the observation of classes incorporating active learning. The...

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