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Exposing Problems Teaching Students Morphological Species Identification, Trevor Stamper, Lauren Weidner, Gregory Nigoghosian, Ludmila D. Nunes Jun 2017

Exposing Problems Teaching Students Morphological Species Identification, Trevor Stamper, Lauren Weidner, Gregory Nigoghosian, Ludmila D. Nunes

IMPACT Presentations

When dealing with physical remains, morphological assessment for species is a traditional approach to entomological specimen identification. A dichotomous key guides the user through taxa determination for a specimen by providing a series of dual-choice nodes that center around morphological differences. Each nodal choice leads to either a new set of dichotomous choices or a taxa decision. We evaluated student’s ability to utilize a dichotomous key down to species for a limited set of taxa, by reviewing their nodal decisions along with their confidence level using a Likert scale (1-5).

Along with individual decision recording, students conducted a post-decision group …


The Introduction Of Informal Cooperative Learning Into Our Programming Laboratories, Guity Ravai, Ludmila Nunes, Ronald Erdei Jun 2017

The Introduction Of Informal Cooperative Learning Into Our Programming Laboratories, Guity Ravai, Ludmila Nunes, Ronald Erdei

IMPACT Presentations

Presented at the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) Change Leader Forum: Creating a Mindset for Action in Westminster, CO, USA


The Introduction Of Informal Cooperative Learning Into Our Programming Laboratories, Guity Ravai, Ronald Erdei, Ludmila Nunes, Sahithya Kodam Apr 2017

The Introduction Of Informal Cooperative Learning Into Our Programming Laboratories, Guity Ravai, Ronald Erdei, Ludmila Nunes, Sahithya Kodam

IMPACT Presentations

Presentation given at the Midwest SoTL Conference. Discusses the effects of implementing informal cooperative learning techniques in an introductory programming course.


Does Course Format Matter When Learning About Diversity? Exploring Student Evaluations In Online Versus Hybrid Classroom Structures, Mary Marshall, Heather Fedesco, Natasha Watkins Jan 2016

Does Course Format Matter When Learning About Diversity? Exploring Student Evaluations In Online Versus Hybrid Classroom Structures, Mary Marshall, Heather Fedesco, Natasha Watkins

IMPACT Presentations

Poster presented at the 12th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.


Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transfomation, Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Tomalee Doan Feb 2013

Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transfomation, Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Tomalee Doan

IMPACT Presentations

Webinar presentation given at Wiley Learning. Summarizes Instruction Matters Purdue Academic Course Transformation (IMPACT). Describes IMPACT goals, campus-wide collaboration, professional development program, IMPACT classrooms, assessment plan and progress to date. Discrusses student perceptions and learning gains.