2011-12 UW - Green Bay Teaching Scholars

Gaurav Bansal, Business Administration

How first generation college students seek classroom performance feedback: A Conceptual Framework

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Franklin Chen, Natural and Applied Sciences

Effective Implementation of Total Differential Calculus in a Thermodynamics Class

The goal for this teaching scholar project is to develop teaching methods effectively integrating partial differential equation (multivariate calculus) into physical chemistry in the context and language of thermodynamics.




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Adolfo Garcia, Information and Computing Sciences

Peer instruction vs. traditional lecture: What's the impact on student learning? (with Jennifer Zapf)

The goal of the project was to compare the effects of two teaching approaches; reciprocal teaching, where students in small pods teach and learn from each other, and traditional lecture. We were interested in the impact each method had on students' perception of the instructional method and evaluate the influence of the method on students' grades.


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Amanda Nelson, Human Biology

Implementing Webcasts into Anatomy & Physiology to Engage Visual Learning

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Alma Rodriguez Estrada, Natural and Applied Sciences

Effectiveness of Collaborative Learning Techniques and Mechanisms to Enhance Students ' Preparedness

Collaborative learning techniques (CoLTS) effectively enhance students' learning and empower critical thinking. The challenge to promote effective group discussions during classes is constrained by how much students are prepared before group activities. On-line quizzes and informal writing assignments (short essays) might be implemented in order to enhance students' preparedness before classes.


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David Voelker, History and Human Studies

Understanding Historical Thinking

I have designed my version of "U.S. History from 1600 to 1865" specifically to develop students' historical thinking skills rather than simply to "cover" the given period of time. My Teaching Scholar's project helps me assess the effectiveness of my course design in meeting this goal. I asked students to explain, in their own words, "what historians do" and to give specific examples if possible. (For comparative purposes, I also questioned students in a similar course taught by a colleague.)


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Jennifer Zapf, Human Development

Peer instruction vs. traditional lecture: What's the impact on student learning? (with Adolfo Garcia)

The goal of the project was to compare the effects of two teaching approaches; reciprocal teaching, where students in small pods teach and learn from each other, and traditional lecture. We were interested in the impact each method had on students' perception of the instructional method and evaluate the influence of the method on students' grades.


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