Category: Teaching Section

Replacing Exams with Project-Based Assignments

Apr 30, 2026 | Teaching Section

This brief provides an example of project-based learning that was applied to the FOR 3410 – Wood Procurement Practices in the Forest Industry undergraduate course. After teaching this course for 4...

An Interdisciplinary, Case Study-Based Approach to Teaching the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Apr 30, 2026 | Teaching Section

Collaborative learning across disciplines can be advantageous. A Creative Inquiry (CI) course paired Animal and Veterinary Sciences and Public Health Sciences students to compete in a Global...

Implementing a Flipped Classroom Format to Increase Instructor to Student Engagement

Jun 30, 2025 | Teaching Section

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...

Capturing the Benefits of Partnering with Undergraduate Student Researchers to Conduct Interdisciplinary Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Research

Jun 30, 2025 | Teaching Section

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...

Beyond Memorization: The Power of Authentic Assessments in STEM Learning

Dec 6, 2024 | Teaching Section

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...

The Exit Ticket: a snapshot of student learning and potential participation points for students

Nov 15, 2024 | Teaching Section

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...

Customizing Course Content to Meet Student Needs

Sep 24, 2024 | Teaching Section

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...

Classroom Group Projects Using Industry-Based Communication Tools

Jan 17, 2024 | Teaching Section

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

Aug 30, 2023 | Teaching Section

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

Aug 30, 2023 | Teaching Section

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

Aug 30, 2023 | Teaching Section

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?

Aug 30, 2023 | Teaching Section

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

Aug 30, 2023 | Teaching Section

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

Mar 3, 2022 | Teaching Section

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

Mar 3, 2022 | Teaching Section

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...