Each April, the CFT hosts the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium which was held most recently on April 12, 2012 from 4:00-5:30 at the Center for Teaching.
The format included:
Roundtable sessions with fellow graduate students who’ve successfully applied their research skills to their teaching
Reception
Who is this event intended for?
Graduate students, as well as faculty & staff, interested in improving their teaching
Anyone interested in learning practical strategies and methods for developing, applying, and analyzing research projects
Those in all stages of the Teaching Certificate Program who either are currently or will be engaging in SoTL during cycle three.
Anyone wondering: why does SoTL matter and why should I care about this? (We’ll answer those questions and more)
The 2012 Symposium featured these Teaching Certificate Cycle 3 Participants:
Cassandra S. Koontz Missing the Forest for the Trees: Concept Map Horizontality and Performance in an Introduction to Biological Anthropology Course
Katie McEwan Learning German on the Internet: How does a collaborative course wiki impact student learning in a fourth-semester German course?
Angela Cowser Using Rubrics to Improve Student Comprehension and Writing
Kim Scott A Comparative Analysis of Teaching Methods: Lecture Only, Demonstration and Hands-On Activities, and Written Instructions and Hands-On Activities
Wenyue Du
Impact of Online vs. Traditional Paper-and-pencil Homework Assignments in Student Learning in an Introductory Biology
Rebecca St. Clair
Students Prefer Standard Multiple Choice Questions
Menghun Goh The Use of Semiotic in Teaching Koine Greek
