Providing Structure and Context

This term course on education and community in America explores the origins and evolution of students and faculty engagement in their communities, specifically in educational programs from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first centuries. Activity...

This particular single-class activity got students acquainted with confidence intervals using a simple iPad and the attached handout. Activity: Complex Stats, Simple Tech Goal/s: The goal of the activity was to get the students comfortable with...

This activity makes use of a mad lib game to reinforce logical computation steps that are crucial in formal semantics. Goal: To help students practice definitions and computation steps in a fun, interactive setting. Background: This in-class activity was...

Students are actively engaged in reviewing for an exam by a PowerPoint of quiz questions that they respond to on individual dry erase board. Goals: review a broad range of course topics in an efficient manner actively engage students in the process of...

In this activity, students will be able to map the history of a student/campus organization, in which they are involved. In doing so, students will relate the development of their specific organization to the wider trends surrounding civic engagement and...

In this activity, students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy from multiple perspectives. Goals: Students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy. The audience for this illustration is that of a high school senior, with a...

Students present an “elevator pitch” of their paper idea to their peers, and then receive feedback about their idea. Goals: articulate thesis statement more clearly, ensuring students are making an argument about the evidence rather than summarizing...

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...

In SCRB 167, students learn about patients’ experience of stem cell-related diseases and therapies through visits from patients and their caregivers. Goal/s: Provide students with an empathetic understanding of patients’ experience of their disease and...

Students learn about Boston, urban life, and social change from guest lectures by local practitioners in the policy, business, and nonprofit sectors. Goals: Provide students insights into how individuals shape their urban environment by engaging them in...