February 27, 2009
Summary Mt. San Antonio College’s Earth Sciences & Astronomy Department is conducting an investigation entitled “Designing Field Trips That Improve Critical Thinking, Writing, Communication, and Quantitative Skills: Incorporating Basic Skills Into Natural Sciences Courses.” Team members will develop a suite of activities and field trip materials to increase active learning, analytical writing, speaking, and quantitative [...]
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Basic Skills in Context, Pre/Post, Revised Inquiry Plans, Student Confidence, Student Voice, Teaching Problem Solving |
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February 26, 2009
College of the Siskiyous is focusing on what helps students become more intrinsically motivated as they navigate the intersection between student learning and students’ identities as outsiders or insiders in the college environment. The Inquiry team will use video footage to capture student reflections and experiences, as well as classroom discussions and athletic activities. One [...]
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Developing Questions, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Fear, Identity, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Math, Metacognition, Pre/Post, Proposals, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Teams, Student Voice, Surveys, Teaching Problem Solving, Using Institutional Research, Video Evidence |
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February 25, 2009
“Better Thinkers, Better Futures” (2) The Perry Model: Dualism‡ Dr Aziza Ellozy, Director, Center for Learning and Teaching The very first time I walked in class to teach “Scientific Thinking”, I asked my students what they had heard about the course. One of the students responded that he heard that everything we learn in science [...]
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Teaching Problem Solving |
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