Have your students ever told you when you explain something in class that it seems easy, but the homework is not nearly as simple, and the tests are harder still? This brief discusses the...
Summary This article explores the benefits of engaging undergraduate students as full partners in an interdisciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research project. The...
There is a growing need for assessments that evaluate higher-order thinking skills rather than mere memorization, particularly in STEM classrooms striving for inclusivity and equity. Authentic...
This publication intends to provide an overview and reflection on using exit tickets or exit slips. After reading this document, instructors should be able to implement exit tickets in various...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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 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...
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,...
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...
