Evaluate and Critique a Model or Argument

Iran Sanctions Security Council Simulation

Students learn about the effectiveness of sanctions and a pressing international conflict through a simulation of a National Security Council meeting.

Junior Tutorial Workshopping

For Rachel Meyer's junior tutorial on Social Class, students read each other's research proposals before class and then participated in an in-class workshop to discuss each proposal.

Learning through Case Construction

Students familiar with case study analysis construct their own cases to capture a specific ethical question. They then lead their classmates through the case. This case construction gives students the opportunity to try to stump one another with new ethical dilemmas in civil and focused fashion.

lesson plan.docx

Minute Physics Videos

Emily Russell designed this for Physics 95: Topics in Current Research aimed towards junior and senior concentrators in Physics. Students were encouraged to develop their skills in explaining complicated physics topics in layman’s terms through a short video presentation. This project incorporates public speaking skills and video technology like Final Cut Pro.

Paper Outline Workshop

Students learn to construct a persuasive argument by brainstorming multiple ways to structure their final research paper using post-its, large pieces of paper, or whatever other materials students like. They organize and re-arrange primary sources in a low-pressure environment to generate multiple logical flows for their papers.

workshop_final_paper_outlines_handout_schultz.pdf

Paper Presentations and Discussions

In OEB 119: Deep Sea Biology, groups of students have to present and lead discussions on scientific papers throughout the semester. Before class each week, all students have to read an assigned scientific paper and post a summary paragraph and two questions to an online forum. A group of students has to prepare a short presentation about one part of the paper, so that each paper is presented by a different group of three to four students each week.

presentation.pptx

overview.docx

Peer Review Revisions

In this introductory course for psychology undergraduates, students receive constructive feedback on their writing delivered in a format that simulates the peer review process in academia. Students learn about peer review methods and strengthen their writing.

Peer-to-Peer Outline Feedback

In this activity, students read each other's outlines on their final course paper and then met in small groups to give each other constructive feedback.

feedback.doc

Presenting Scientific Papers

In Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology 180, students present scientific papers in groups throughout the semester.

guide.doc

Primitive Navigation Final Project

The primitive navigation final project will involve researching a topic that requires data gathering and analysis, along with research into the history associated with that topic. The final presentation will take the form of a video that will be posted online.

handout.pdf

Punishment in an American Prison

In Law and American Society, Dr. Terry Aladjem's takes his students to visit a prison following a unit on punishment in order to apply theories of punishment to the real world.

Simulated Investment in Genome Editing Technology

In this simulation activity, students decide which of two companies, each using a different CRISPR genome-editing technology, to invest in. They engage with research on CRISPR genome editing to understand how unintended consequences of one technology used for this editing had real-world business implications. The storytelling element adds immediacy to the activity, making it imaginative and engaging, and students are pushed toward achieving higher levels of competence within Bloom’s taxonomy for the subject area.

Statistics Mini-Assignments

In EMR16 and Stat139, students periodically do very brief "mini-assignments" which require them to submit or consider something that the instructor incorporates into lecture.

Stop and Write

In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan uses colored index cards to initiate discussions.

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Student Film Guides

The Art of Film had a semester-long discussion structure that got students actively involved in shaping the direction of section.

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Evaluate and Critique a Model or Argument

Iran Sanctions Security Council Simulation

Students learn about the effectiveness of sanctions and a pressing international conflict through a simulation of a National Security Council meeting.

Junior Tutorial Workshopping

For Rachel Meyer's junior tutorial on Social Class, students read each other's research proposals before class and then participated in an in-class workshop to discuss each proposal.

Learning through Case Construction

Students familiar with case study analysis construct their own cases to capture a specific ethical question. They then lead their classmates through the case. This case construction gives students the opportunity to try to stump one another with new ethical dilemmas in civil and focused fashion.

Minute Physics Videos

Paper Outline Workshop

Paper Presentations and Discussions

Peer Review Revisions

In this introductory course for psychology undergraduates, students receive constructive feedback on their writing delivered in a format that simulates the peer review process in academia. Students learn about peer review methods and strengthen their writing.

Peer-to-Peer Outline Feedback

In this activity, students read each other's outlines on their final course paper and then met in small groups to give each other constructive feedback.

Presenting Scientific Papers

In Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology 180, students present scientific papers in groups throughout the semester.

Primitive Navigation Final Project

The primitive navigation final project will involve researching a topic that requires data gathering and analysis, along with research into the history associated with that topic. The final presentation will take the form of a video that will be posted online.

Punishment in an American Prison

In Law and American Society, Dr. Terry Aladjem's takes his students to visit a prison following a unit on punishment in order to apply theories of punishment to the real world.

Simulated Investment in Genome Editing Technology

Statistics Mini-Assignments

In EMR16 and Stat139, students periodically do very brief "mini-assignments" which require them to submit or consider something that the instructor incorporates into lecture.

Stop and Write

In her classes, Professor Judith Ryan uses colored index cards to initiate discussions.

Student Film Guides

The Art of Film had a semester-long discussion structure that got students actively involved in shaping the direction of section.

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