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Coevolution Case Study

Created by Laura Conner, Susan Hester, Anne-Marie Hoskinson, Mary Beth Leigh, Andy Martin ,and Tom Powershis, and contributed by Yale University's Center for Scientific Teaching, this case study lesson reinforces the concept of coevolution and gives students practice with the analysis and interpretation of data.

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Probability Games

In Nathan Kaplan's general education course EMR 14, "Fat Chance," students play games to connect the probability concepts learned in lecture to some fun activities that the students are familiar with. On some broader level, the goal is to see that probability is at work in lots of situations outside of the somewhat artificial classroom setting.

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Chalk Talks

In Systems Biology 201, in an effort to prevent paper regurgitation, students were pre-assigned to present "chalk talks" of the reading at each session.

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Tagging the Infernal

In CB51: Making the Middle Ages, the teaching staff, consisting of Professor Dan Smail and TFs Rowan Dorin, Zoe Silverman, Joey McMullen, and Rena Lauer, used an online annotation tool to have students tag images and descriptions of hell and create a "tag cloud." This activity engaged students in perceptions and interpretations of hell and the use of metadata.

Buzz Groups

In her class "France and the World: Human Rights, Race, and Revolution," Rachel Gillett had small groups work on different questions in order to stimulate discussion.

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Quick Critical Thinking

Once a month, David Weimer uses critical-thinking prompts in section that students respond to via quick write or partner discussion.

Section Exit Poll

In his sections, David Weimer does a weekly "exit poll" where students use the same piece of paper throughout the term to record thoughts at the end of section.

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Capital Case Study

In this activity, Nicole Deterding used a case study in her Sociology of Education section to integrate and apply theories of different types of capital (human, social, and cultural) and to clarify student understanding.

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"Manning Up" Case Study

Students contrast a scholarly text with a popular news article and discuss the relationship between the arguments and the limitations of them.

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Evaluating Scholarly Papers

In Animal Cognition, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's students learn how to evaluate scholarly work on animal cognition by trying to think from the animal's point of view of the experiment.

Discussion Leaders

In her freshman seminar, Joanna Nizynska has her students lead discussions throughout the semester. Through this process, they learn how to respond to the flow of conversation and guide discussion effectively.

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Making a Persuasive Adaptive Argument

In this activity, Jerusha Achterberg has her students work in groups to develop persuasive arguments.

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Adaptive Scenario Exercise

In this activity, Jerusha Acterberg has students respond to a scenario where somebody is making a scientific assertion and then use the information from the readings to evaluate that assertion.

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Weekly Original Thoughts

Every week before class, students are encouraged to email the instructor a question and idea related to the current topic.

Political Theory Paper Exchange

Students are assigned a peer's paper to review. After being assigned a peer, students write 2 pages of comments using detailed guidelines that walk them through what to look for.

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Theoretical/Abstract

Coevolution Case Study

Probability Games

Chalk Talks

In Systems Biology 201, in an effort to prevent paper regurgitation, students were pre-assigned to present "chalk talks" of the reading at each session.

Tagging the Infernal

Buzz Groups

In her class "France and the World: Human Rights, Race, and Revolution," Rachel Gillett had small groups work on different questions in order to stimulate discussion.

Quick Critical Thinking

Once a month, David Weimer uses critical-thinking prompts in section that students respond to via quick write or partner discussion.

Section Exit Poll

In his sections, David Weimer does a weekly "exit poll" where students use the same piece of paper throughout the term to record thoughts at the end of section.

Capital Case Study

In this activity, Nicole Deterding used a case study in her Sociology of Education section to integrate and apply theories of different types of capital (human, social, and cultural) and to clarify student understanding.

"Manning Up" Case Study

Students contrast a scholarly text with a popular news article and discuss the relationship between the arguments and the limitations of them.

Evaluating Scholarly Papers

In Animal Cognition, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's students learn how to evaluate scholarly work on animal cognition by trying to think from the animal's point of view of the experiment.

Discussion Leaders

In her freshman seminar, Joanna Nizynska has her students lead discussions throughout the semester. Through this process, they learn how to respond to the flow of conversation and guide discussion effectively.

Making a Persuasive Adaptive Argument

In this activity, Jerusha Achterberg has her students work in groups to develop persuasive arguments.

Adaptive Scenario Exercise

In this activity, Jerusha Acterberg has students respond to a scenario where somebody is making a scientific assertion and then use the information from the readings to evaluate that assertion.

Weekly Original Thoughts

Every week before class, students are encouraged to email the instructor a question and idea related to the current topic.

Political Theory Paper Exchange

Students are assigned a peer's paper to review. After being assigned a peer, students write 2 pages of comments using detailed guidelines that walk them through what to look for.

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