Customizing Course Content to Meet Student Needs
Given the increased diversity of college students and their varied learning goals and expectations, a one-size-fits-all course design may not meet the needs of all students. To meet the diverse...
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Classroom Group Projects Using Industry-Based Communication Tools
Project-based learning is a common teaching method that allows students to learn by becoming active participants in real-world and meaningful projects.1 With these projects comes the need for...
“Do We Have to Work in Groups?”: Foundations, Ground Rules, and Reflections Improve Group Work
Group work has been used to help aid in learning, but it needs to be properly structured to be successful. Students often respond to group work assignments with the question, “Do we have to work in...
Creative Inquiry: Using a Positive Feedback Loop to Develop Career Skills and Graduate Student Mentors
Undergraduate and graduate students work through an academic year in a Creative Inquiry (CI) culinary nutrition research project. A positive feedback loop presents the undergraduate members of the...
Improving Group Dynamics with Facilitator-Led Group Conversations
This article describes the application of facilitator-led group conversations which provide a structure to address common scenarios that arise in group projects that inhibit effective group work....
Can Repetition and Spacing Increase Learning and Recall Through Engagement?
Based on research supporting the increase in memory recall and retention from teaching models emphasizing repetition and spaced-out teaching sessions of the same material, students explored...
Developing a New Undergraduate Agricultural Safety Course
Assessing what students know, understand, and can do at the beginning and end of a course is important. Meaningful assessments align course content with student learning outcomes....
The Art of Asking Good Questions
Education involves more than the accumulation of knowledge; it requires the development of skills necessary to analyze, evaluate and apply knowledge. One critical thinking skill is the ability to...
Real-time Polling to Increase Student Learning in Medium- to Large-Sized Courses
Real-time student polling offers many benefits to instructors and students. This publication will give instructors insight into the reasons to poll students and review the pros and cons of currently...
Experiential Student Learning through Culinary Nutrition Techniques on Heirloom Vegetables
The purpose of this publication is to describe an experiential student learning activity that incorporated research, culinary arts techniques, and guest speaker support into an undergraduate,...
Using Inquiry-Based Instruction to Teach STEM Concepts in Changing Learning Environments
This publication introduces an indirect method of instruction, Inquiry-Based Instruction (IBI), as an example for teachers to actively engage students in the learning process while emphasizing...