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Unlv Best Teaching Practices Expo 2019, Doris Blackwell
Unlv Best Teaching Practices Expo 2019, Doris Blackwell
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
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What Are Funds Of Knowledge? A Collaborative Approach To Education, Janna M. Bernstein
What Are Funds Of Knowledge? A Collaborative Approach To Education, Janna M. Bernstein
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
It is important as educators to have a holistic understanding of students’ identities as these experiences influence classroom dynamics. As noted by Dugan (2017), “…identity, knowledge, and power are influenced profoundly by ideology and hegemony and in turn play a role in shaping people’s stocks of knowledge” (p. 40). “Stocks of knowledge” are characterized by five principles: they are familiar, serve to help navigate the world, “shaped by lived experience, altered only through novel situations, and socially constructed based on identity” (Dugan, 2017, p. 34). These “stocks of knowledge” are also known as “funds of knowledge” by multicultural educators.
Double-Loop Learning: An Approach To Critical Thinking, Joe Ervin, Nathan Slife
Double-Loop Learning: An Approach To Critical Thinking, Joe Ervin, Nathan Slife
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
There is a general consensus that critical thinking is an essential part of college. Instructors should therefore be aware of the following: How they define and conceptualize critical thinking, how they are teaching critical thinking to their students, expectations for how students can exhibit critical thinking. Research-based how to strategies would be an example of single-loop learning, one form of critical thinking.
Benefits Of Formative Teaching Observations, Dan Gianoutsos
Benefits Of Formative Teaching Observations, Dan Gianoutsos
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Formative teaching observations by peer teaching faculty can provide helpful advice about small changes to teaching that can improve teachers’ and students’ experiences during the term (see reference list). The researcher posits that the UNLV Teaching Observation project catalyzed real-time changes to the participating faculty’s teaching and generated short-term solutions to some of their teaching challenges.
Student Outcomes -Online Vs. Hybrid, Sharon Jalene
Student Outcomes -Online Vs. Hybrid, Sharon Jalene
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The purpose of this class is to introduce the student to the field of Kinesiology -the science of human movement. Concepts in the various subfields of Kinesiology are examined and career opportunities are explored. Students will also gain a better understanding of the course concepts through online lectures, discussions, assignments, and quizzes
Professional Development: Cola 100l, Kassandra Moore
Professional Development: Cola 100l, Kassandra Moore
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The need for professional development integration into curriculum is vital for student success. Colleges and universities across the country are implementing career and professional development opportunities into classroom curriculum to better prepare students for life outside the classroom. Specialized events and focused learning opportunities help students successfully navigate through the career development process, and is exactly what students need.
Mentoring Meetings Increase Student Performance On “High Stakes” Projects In Stem, Elana A. Paladino
Mentoring Meetings Increase Student Performance On “High Stakes” Projects In Stem, Elana A. Paladino
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The current project addresses whether one-on-one, mentoring meetings to discuss poster rough drafts will impact learning more consistently.
The Importance Of Universal Design In Teaching, Maria Pena
The Importance Of Universal Design In Teaching, Maria Pena
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework based on research in the learning sciences, including cognitive neuroscience, that guides the development of flexible learning environments that can accommodate individual learning differences.
Trauma-Informed Schools And Educators, Carolina Meza Perez, Michelle Paul
Trauma-Informed Schools And Educators, Carolina Meza Perez, Michelle Paul
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Educators, staff, and administrators in the school community will be prepared to recognize and respond to those who have been impacted by traumatic stress.
Student Polling In Webcampus, Benjamin Root, Jennie Tran, Joey Kim, Philip Cheung
Student Polling In Webcampus, Benjamin Root, Jennie Tran, Joey Kim, Philip Cheung
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Our goal was to increase student engagement with online courses by building a student polling system that works inside of WebCampus.
Connecting Ethics To Fys Class Participation, Emily Shreve
Connecting Ethics To Fys Class Participation, Emily Shreve
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
One goal of UNLV’s First-Year Seminars is that students are introduced to, and understand the purpose of, the University Undergraduate Learning Outcomes (UULOs). This activity introduces students to Citizenship and Ethics, focusing especially on applying ethics in situations directly relevant to students’ daily lives.
Connecting With Students As A Motivator For Learning, Michelle Arroyo
Connecting With Students As A Motivator For Learning, Michelle Arroyo
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Students want to feel cared for and that their instructors have their best educational interests in mind. Having an instructor who demonstrates compassion and shows empathy toward students creates a positive classroom climate and the course is more meaningful to the students at UNLV.
Engaging Assignments Increase Performance, Jorge Ramon Fonseca Cacho
Engaging Assignments Increase Performance, Jorge Ramon Fonseca Cacho
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
It is well known that students who complete homework assignments and other outside of class activities related to the course lead to improve student outcomes. However, engaging a student and motivating them to complete their assignments is no easy feat. To address this, we developed new assignments for two sections of the Fall 2018 course CS135.
Reducing Anxiety While Boosting Creativity: Lessons From The Progymnasmata, Bryan Blankfield
Reducing Anxiety While Boosting Creativity: Lessons From The Progymnasmata, Bryan Blankfield
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The fear of public speaking is a widely shared among individuals. This can be difficult to overcome when students are assigned several large, heavily-weighted speeches with few opportunities to become acclimated to standing in front of an audience. Several times throughout the semester students are assigned a 2–3 minute long speech inspired by the progymnasmata (a series of rhetorical exercises from Ancient Greece). The speeches vary widely from presenting a fable to impersonating an individual.
Categorization Of Exam Questions To Improve Metacognition, Tiffany Barrett
Categorization Of Exam Questions To Improve Metacognition, Tiffany Barrett
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
This practice addresses UNLV students’ need for greater metacognitive awareness. Students often employ memorization as a study strategy when preparing for an exam. This can create an inability to apply the knowledge in a complex or different scenario. We know that “practice retrieving” study activities produce greater gains in meaningful learning (Karpicke 2011) but often students don’t identify a need for a change in study habits and a deeper level of understanding, especially if their exam score is considered passing.
Using Microanalysis (Mfd) To Teach & Train Students, Sara Smock Jordan
Using Microanalysis (Mfd) To Teach & Train Students, Sara Smock Jordan
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Microanalysis of face-to-face dialogue (MFD), that is, the detailed and replicable examination of any aspect of observable communicative behavior as it occurs, moment by moment, in a face-to-face dialogue (Bavelas, Gerwing, Healing, & Tomori, 2016) to examine professional conversations. MFD is an inductive methodology which uses detailed operational definitions and analysis rules, rather than relying on subjective judgment, to produce high inter-analyst agreement (Bavelas et al., 2016). MFD principles are applicable to teaching, training, and supervising clinicians in our CFT program.
Using Problem-Based Learning To Promote Self-Directed Learning At Unlv School Of Medicine, Rosalie Kalili
Using Problem-Based Learning To Promote Self-Directed Learning At Unlv School Of Medicine, Rosalie Kalili
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
It is imperative that medical students develop skills that promote life-long learning and manage the doubling rate of medical knowledge. Through the use of problem-based learning (PBL), self-directed learning (SDL) can be practiced; and both can serve as ongoing learning approaches beyond medical school.
Design Data-Driven Assignments For Clear, Transparent, And Efficient Teaching, Julian Kilker
Design Data-Driven Assignments For Clear, Transparent, And Efficient Teaching, Julian Kilker
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Working with students in hybrid, inperson, or online courses involves many data interactions. Data-driven assignments are structured to gather and evaluate student work at both macro and micro levels needed to evaluate learning and improve course materials. This practice uses Google Forms and linked Sheets to create data-driven assignments and custom dashboards.
Embedding Accessibility In Course Development, Gabriel Judkins, Rex Suba
Embedding Accessibility In Course Development, Gabriel Judkins, Rex Suba
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Accessibility as practice allows all to independently: acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, enjoy the same services within the same time frame with equivalent ease of use.
Fostering Student Engagement: Four Strategies, Erica Marti, Ryan Sherman, Haroon Stephen
Fostering Student Engagement: Four Strategies, Erica Marti, Ryan Sherman, Haroon Stephen
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
In response to studies demonstrating that poor teaching was the cause of many students leaving math, science, and engineering programs, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) developed the ExCEEd(Excellence in Civil Engineering Education) Teaching Workshop. Several faculty from the UNLV Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction have attended the highly intensive five-day workshop. To evaluate the impact on student engagement, four basic instructional strategies from the ExCEEdworkshop, applicable to all fields, were tested and assessed during the Fall 2018 semester: Questioning techniques, physical models, instructor involvement, and group work.
Career Development In Curriculum: Cola 100e, Jenna Heath
Career Development In Curriculum: Cola 100e, Jenna Heath
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Engagement with Professionals, from the local community, in the classroom allows for students to learn about a variety of career paths and gain career advice. This practice also provides the institution a tangible way of preparing students for their graduation plans and allows for mentorship to develop naturally among the students and professionals.
Infographics As Data Visualization Class Assignment, Kim Nehls
Infographics As Data Visualization Class Assignment, Kim Nehls
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Data visualization is commonplace. UNLV students need to be prepared.
Student-Led Discussions, Deborah A. Obara
Student-Led Discussions, Deborah A. Obara
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
According to constructivist learning theory informed by cognitive and educational psychology, the optimal conditions needed for learning include accurate assessment of student background knowledge; engaging, scaffolded activities; cognitive elaboration; and more knowledgeable others available to assist when needed.
Designing Engaged Learning Experiences: Service-Learning At Unlv, Rian Satterwhite
Designing Engaged Learning Experiences: Service-Learning At Unlv, Rian Satterwhite
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
“Service-learning is a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities for reflection designed to achieve desired learning outcomes.” Jacoby and Associates, 1996
Active Learning And Transparency In Teaching Gateway Mathematics Courses, Viktoria Savatorova
Active Learning And Transparency In Teaching Gateway Mathematics Courses, Viktoria Savatorova
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
The need: we concentrate our attention on the gateway courses (for example, PreCalculus ) which have had traditionally low passing scores and retention. Objectives: in our teaching practice we aim to be consistent assuring: Active participation in the class work based on understanding the concepts and ability to implement them; Clear understanding of the requirements and the grading system (what should be done, when it needs to be done, and how to do that?)
Reality In The Classroom: Teaching Critical Thinking With Scenarios, Timothy T. Self
Reality In The Classroom: Teaching Critical Thinking With Scenarios, Timothy T. Self
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
One of the challenges for hospitality educators is to develop critical thinking skills in the future leaders of the industry. It is often thought that students will develop this skill as a by product of course work, but research indicates that it must be explicitly taught.
Dynamic Lightboard Videos, Kristina Schmid, Peter Mccandless, Eddie Gomez
Dynamic Lightboard Videos, Kristina Schmid, Peter Mccandless, Eddie Gomez
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
STEM content in online courses can be difficult to convey. Instructional videos are often limited to voiced-over, handwritten examples which can limit the quality of dynamic presentation. The need is for a technological medium that facilitates a personal connection. The Office of Online Education’s new lightboard technology enhances video presentation. This solution supports online learning and student engagement to promote student success.
Pre-Tests Improve Students’ Critical Thinking, Alison Sloat
Pre-Tests Improve Students’ Critical Thinking, Alison Sloat
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
First-year students’ critical thinking and analysis in science is rudimentary in SCI 101, the College of Sciences First Year Seminar. I tested whether the use of Pretests (Figures 1 and 2) can improve students’ inquiry, critical thinking, and analysis skills.
Body Continuum Polling: A Dynamic Technique For Any Classroom, Erica S. Tietjen
Body Continuum Polling: A Dynamic Technique For Any Classroom, Erica S. Tietjen
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Body continuum polling is an active technique designed to engage students physically in the classroom space, by getting them move around the classroom to place themselves along a gradient (less to more, low to high, etc.) that spans the room. Students provide their opinion on a question or topic, combined with a kinesthetic approach that engages them with movement (Mobley & Fisher, 2014).
Quote Of The Day: Increasing Student Engagement With Textbooks And Common Readers, Brandy Smith
Quote Of The Day: Increasing Student Engagement With Textbooks And Common Readers, Brandy Smith
UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo
Ensuring that students not only complete assigned readings, but also actively engage with the readings, is a common challenge faced by faculty. Research indicates that approximately only onethird to one-half of students complete assigned readings for any given day (Hatteberg & Steffy, 2013; Hoeft, 2012; Burchfield & Sappington, 2000).