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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

The open access nature of community colleges and the varying levels of academic preparedness of their students require programs and courses that provide remediation and support in foundational skills for nearly two- thirds of students (Chen et al., Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12 (1). References Chen, X.,

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Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers

The Scholarly Teacher

Scholarly activity, creative activity, and professional learning enable faculty to remain current in their areas of specialization, serve as role models for students, develop a strong recruitment base, and support the university’s core value of “ faculty excellence in teaching and all forms of scholarship.” 2006, June 9).

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

This project was particularly important to me because of the impact CliftonStrengths had made in my life and how the tool was being used to support post-secondary studentsdevelopment. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? What is CliftonStrengths? Liana Acri (she/her), M.Ed.,

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Geoscience Outreach: What we do, how we assess, and client/student reflections

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Geoscience Outreach is a 20-credit Experiential Community Service Learning (CSL) course established in 2006, and adopted by other Schools across the University. Students are mentored and empowered to develop and deliver resources through negotiated and self-directed community engagement. What do we do?

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Reflections of an Edinburgh Award tutor

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Since academic year 2011-12, when the Edinburgh award was launched, I’ve always asked the students in my award classes whether they agree with a statement from a paper by Simon Barrie, 2006; “ …. Neil Speirs Dr Speirs works on a number of Widening Participation projects as a practitioner and researcher. The certificate?

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“I know a first when I see one!”: Developing transparent marking descriptors with the help of students

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Help students develop the ability to self-assess. 2011) The Mythology of Feedback, Higher Education Research and Development, Vol. 2006) Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice, Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 4 pp 405-419 [link] Falchikov, N.

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Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

The Beginnings of Co-Curricular Research (1950s): By 1950, collecting questionnaire data on student activities and feedback was under way at the secondary level (Tompkins, 1950). Much like assessment today, the purpose of this work was to establish baseline participation rates and initiate new programs based on student feedback.