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2009 Abstract Booklet, Undergraduate Research Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Complete Schedule of Events for the 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

How Do You Get Student Buy-In To A "Wonderful (To You)" Teaching Innovation?, Wendy L. Keeney-Kennicutt, Adalet Baris Gunersel, Nancy J. Simpson

SoTL Commons Conference

One difficulty in adopting new classroom tools is persuading students to accept an educational technique out of their comfort zone. Our study investigated student perceptions when Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)™, a web-based program that uses writing for learning and assessing, was introduced into a general chemistry college classroom, and the strategies that helped convert initial intense opposition into acceptance and engagement. We will share the mistakes made, the reasons for students' like or dislike of CPR, the 4 year path taken to understand the issues and modify its implementation for a more positive classroom experience, and why the instructor persisted …

2009 Making Literature Conference, Gregory Wolfe, Valarie Sayers

Making Literature Conference

Featured Speakers: Gregory Wolfe, Valeria Sayers

Workshop Leaders/Poetry and Fiction: Del Doughty, Lori L. Huth

Keynote Address: "The Tragic Sense of Life: On the Loss and Recovery of Hope," Gregory Wolfe

Keynote Address: "Divine Comedy: Irony as the Handmaiden of Faith," Gregory Wolfe