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Use Of Eportfolios As A High-Impact Learning Practice For The B.A. In Arabic Program At Csusb, Oraib Mango

Workshops & Institutes

This paper offers a description of how ePortfolios can be used in world language learning programs--specifically Arabic-- not only to assess the success of the program but also to provide students with a platform for reflection, self regulation and self assessment. ePortfolios allow students to set and review their goals, engage with and reflect upon their learning as they document and track the progress of their language proficiency and intercultural competence starting from first year courses and ending with a capstone Signature Work project.

Draft: Purposeful, Intentional, And Integrative Organization For Liberal Studies And Liberal Arts Eportfolios So As To Maintain High Impact Practice Effectiveness, Kelly L. Straight

Workshops & Institutes

Draft for the purposeful, intentional, and integrative organization and use of ePortfolios within Liberal Studies and Liberal Arts so as to serve as an interdisciplinary space for Lifelong Learning and Reflection whereby a student engages in common intellectual experiences (HIP) within a learning community (HIP) across the curriculum so as to identify and position the self as a scholar, advocate, and (where appropriate) as an educator (i.e. Liberal Studies/Arts as an Intellectual Identity: what is means and why it matters).

Reflection On Use Of The "Reacting To The Past" Pedagogy In A History Of Mathematics Course, Davida Fischman

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This brief report provides a reflection on the use of the "Reacting to the Past" (RTTP) pedagogy in a History of Mathematics classroom. The conclusion is drawn that the RTTP pedagogy is very successful in engaging students in active learning, and appropriate games may be utilized to help students learn about the role of mathematics in historical developments as well as in society today.

Scipp: An Expanded Community Of Practice - Community Publishing, Gina Hanson

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

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Janine Kremling Tssa Fall 2018, Janine Kremling

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Donna Gotch Tssa Fall 2018, Donna Gotch

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Flc: Acue, Angel Castro

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

Continual education for faculty members working at such a prestigious educational institution, like California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB), must come as second nature. The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) offered a 25-module online course in Effective Teaching Practices to various cohorts within CSUSB compiling various well-known teaching methodologies that expanded the knowledge of pedagogy for those faculty members who had an opportunity to be in each cohort. The modules covered topics like designing an effective syllabus for a course, allow instructors to have a productive learning environment within the classroom, promote deeper levels of learning and thinking, …

Amy Leh Tssa Fall 2018, Amy Leh

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Miranda Mcintyre Tssa Winter 2019, Miranda Mcintyre

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Monideepa Becerra Tssa Fall 2018, Monideepa B. Becerra Drph, Mph

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Roberts: Acue Online Course In Effective Teaching Practices-Cohort A, Sabrina Roberts

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This is a sample of ACUE (Association of Colleges and University Educators) implantation and reflection assignments. The Teaching Resource Center partnered with ACUE; then, 30 CSUSB faculty completed 25 instructional modules. These assignments focused on teaching practices and face-to-face instruction.

CSUSB Communication Studies instructor, Sabrina Roberts, participated in the ACUE Effective College Instruction certification program from January 2019 to June 2019 in cohort A. The sample assignments include reflections from the following modules: Motivating Students, Delivering an Effective Lecture, Planning Effective Class Discussions, Facilitating Engaging Class Discussions and Using Advanced Questioning Techniques.

Enhancing Pedagogy Through Acue Certification, Janelle Espling

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

As instructors, there is an incredible responsibility to deliver content that is true to the standards of which the institution requires. But not only is it necessary to deliver content, it is necessary to deliver content in a way that promotes student learning, promotes student success, and an engages higher levels of thinking. The Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Course in Effective teaching practices provides instructors evidence based strategies that do just that. As the reflections display, applying these strategies achieves the University goal to support students towards learning, success, and higher levels of thinking.

Jing Zhang Tssa Fall 2018, Jing Zhang

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

I learned more about team-based learning (e.g., using IF AT cards to encourage participation).

Elizabeth Martin Tssa Spring 2019 Tssa, Elizabeth Martin

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Masako Nunn Tssa Grant Fall 2018, Masako Nunn

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Lynne Diaz-Rico Tssa Spring 2019, Lynne Diaz-Rico

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Fall Health Belief And Knowledge Of Fall On The Prevention Of Fall In The Elderly: Mediating And Moderating Effects Of Fall Fear, Insun Jang, Seungmi Park, Phoebe (Yeon) S. Kim

Nursing Faculty Publications

Purpose: This descriptive study investigated the mediating and moderating effects of fear of fall on the relationships between health belief on fall, fall-related knowledge and fall prevention behaviors among older adults Methods: We enrolled 229 older adults residing in a senior citizen hall and community welfare center, and investigated their health belief on fall, fall-related knowledge, fall prevention behavior, and fear of fall. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze differences in variables. Pearson correlation and multiple regression were used to investigate mediating and moderating effects of the fear of fall on the relationships between health belief on …

Campus As A Living Lab: Community Centered Environmental Service Learning, Jennifer Braswell Alford

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

During the Fall Quarter of 2018, California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) students (GEOG 390) partnered with the Inland Empire Resources Conservation District (IERCD) to assists the CSUSB Housing and Residence Life program to develop educational programs aimed at promoting sustainable agriculture and water resource management. The purpose of this initiative was for students to learn how collaborative partnerships and shared expertise and resources can assist with educating the public through environmental stewardship and service based learning activities that collectively aim to reduce human impacts to Earth systems and related resources. This is an important component of supporting campus and …

Project Based Learning (Pbl): Professional Identity Development (Pid) Activity, Young Hwang

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

Project Based Learning (PBL) for a professional identity development activity was adopted for a child development course. PBL is an instructional approach developed for authentic and meaningful learning in a real world. The Professional Identity Development (PID) activity gives students an opportunity to identify various cultural elements and events that have influenced who they are, to connect those elements with various theories of human development, and to produce their final product to share with other students and community. The instructions and procedures of the PBL used for PID activity were addressed. The Professional Identity Development activity can be easily adopted …

Cory Johnson Tssa Spring 2018, Cory Johnson

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Kurt Kowalski Tssa Spring 2018, Kurt Kowalski

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

No abstract provided.

Jessica Nerren Tssa Fall 2018, Jessica Nerren

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Meredith Conroy Tssa Winter 2018, Meredith Conroy

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Project Based Learning Course Integration For Elementary Science Methods, William Dwyer

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

I have revised my syllabus to integrate PBL into my course, Science/Health Curriculum and Pedagogy in Elementary School (EELB 532), for this current term. I am teaching this course for the third year at the Palm Desert campus. Throughout my career as an instructor in teacher education, I have promoted PBL to my science methods students; however, this term is the first time I have integrated PBL into my course by making it a major course assignment.

Rajrani Kalra Tssa Winter 2017, Rajrani Kalra

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

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Stacey Fraser Tssa Winter 2018, Stacey Fraser

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

To enhance faculty's TEACHING by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.

Jemma Kim Tssa Winter 2018, Jemma Kim

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

To enhance faculty's TEACHING by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.

Project On Designing Activities For Teaching Grammar, Sunny Hyon

Q2S Enhancing Pedagogy

This document outlines a project for a course in second language acquisition taken by undergraduates who intend to be high school or university teachers/professors. The project asks the undergraduates to design a sequence of activities for teaching English language learners (ELLs) a particular English grammatical construction, and to connect those activities to reading or writing assignments in their future classrooms. The students also must explain how their activities will facilitate ELLs' grammatical learning, drawing on research on language acquisition presented in the course.

Exploring Epistemological Lineages: Using The Gallery Walk With Students And Instructors Of A First-Year Seminar Course, Gina Schlesselman-Tarango

Library Faculty Publications & Presentations

This chapter explores how the gallery walk, an activity that mimics the experience of exploring work on display in a museum or art gallery, can be used in credit-bearing courses with a focus on information literacy and in accompanying instructor professional development.

Yeaon (Pheobe) Kim Tssa Winter 2018, Yeon Kim

Teaching Skills Study Awards (TSSA) Reports

To enhance faculty's TEACHING by attending a conference devoted to university teaching, a high-impact practice, evidence-based practice or a newly developing teaching practice.