Topic: Wise Interventions to Narrow Achievement Gaps in Education
Required Reading:
Walton, Gregory M & Cohen, Geoffrey L. "A brief social-belonging intervention improves academic and health outcomes of minority students." Science 331.6023 (2011): 1447-1451. -- LINK
Recommended Readings:
Topic: Of open books and cheat sheets: How evaluation strategies can promote learning?
Required Readings:
Gharib, A., Phillips, W., & Mathew, N. (2012). Cheat sheet or open-book? A comparison of the effects of exam types on performance, retention, and anxiety. Psychology Research, 2(8), 469. -- LINK
Recommended Readings:
Topic: Rethinking Student Participation
Required Reading:
Wright, Jessey. 2015. Course Participation: Defining and Evaluating Student Participation. AAPT Studies in Pedagogy. DOI: 10.5840/aaptstudies201510115. Entire article. -- LINK
Required Assignment:
Topic: Physical Presence, Charisma, and Social Interactions in Teaching and Learning
Readings: Osterberg, L., Swigris, R., Weil, A., & Branch, W. T. (2015). The highly influential teacher: Recognising our unsung heroes. Medical education, 49(11), 1117-1123. -- LINK
Guest Speaker(s): Risa Wechsler, Assistant Professor, Physics and Ashby Morrison, Assistant Professor, Biology
Guest Speaker(s): Lauren Tompkins, Professor, Physics Department and Lisa Hwang, Senior Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department
Guest Speaker(s): Gloriana Trujillo, Director, Faculty and Lecturer Programs VPTE & Kritika Kanchana, Associate Director, Faculty and Lecture Programs VPTE
Guest Speakers: Robert McGinn, Professor, Management Science and Engineering & Holly Tabor, Professor, School of Medicine Center for Biomedical Ethics
Guest Speakers: Daniel Jarosz, Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology & Erin MacDonald, Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Guest Speaker: Provost Persis Drell