Resources from the spring, 2021 small-POD reading group
Hosted by Chris Hakala and Lew Ludwig
02/01/2021
Topic: Vulnerable students
Articles:
- Do You Truly Grasp Why That Student Keeps Missing Class
- What Do Our Most Vulnerable Students Need This Fall To Be on Campus
Resources mentioned during the meeting:
- Course Workload Estimator from Rice University
- Moving Up without Losing Your Way | Princeton University Press
- Hybrid-Flexible Course Design: Implementing student-directed hybrid classes
- How to Study with cognitive psychologist Stephen Chew
- Who’s in Class? Form developed by Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship at Lafayette College
- Online Learning Readiness Questionnaire
02/15/2021
Topic: Student and peer evaluation of teaching
Articles:
- We Don’t Trust Course Evaluations, but Are Peer Observations of Teaching Much Better
- Most institutions say they value teaching but how they assess it tells a different story
- Classroom Assessment: “Mid-Term” Feedback to Enhance Student Learning by Peter Frederick, Wabash College and Heritage University, 2008
- Peer Review: Reflections on Visiting Colleagues’ Classes by Peter Frederick, Wabash College Revised, 2008
- Draft_The Uses and Abuses of student “Evaluation Forms” by Peter Frederick
Wabash College – May 2000 (revised slightly in Feb., 2021
Resources mentioned during the meeting:
- STEM faculty peer observation: COPUS instrument (measure here).
- SaLT program from Bryn Mawr
- From Carleton College: Resources for students: providing constructive feedback on courses LTC resource for students: providing constructive feedback on courses
- Richmond, A. S., Boysen, G. A., Gurung, R. A. R., Tazeau, Y. N., Meyers, S. A., & Sciutto, M. J. (2014). Aspirational model teaching criteria for psychology. Teaching of Psychology, 41(4), 281–295.
- Mitigating gender bias in student evaluations of teaching
- From the University of Arizona: In an effort to limit the intrusion of student bias, the university had stopped asking students about their instructors and starting asking them about their experiences.
03/01/2021
Topic: Cognitive science and learning
Articles:
- How Peer Instruction and Polling Have Changed My Teaching by James Lang
- Six Strategies for Effective Learning: A Summary for Teachers by Megan Sumeracki
Resources mentioned during the meeting:
- Strengthening the Student Toolbox – study strategies to Boost learning – PDF by John Dunlosky – Easy to read cog psych article with 10 learning strategies, pros/cons of each, and pictures!
- Guide for teaching from the American Psychological Association. PDF
- Applying science of learning in education – PDF by Benassi, Overson, and Hakala.
- How Learning Works by Amborse et al.(2010)
- The Art of Changing the Brain by Zull (2002)
- Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About by Lang (2020)
- Feedback in schools by John Hattie
- The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start by Peter Frederick
- Classroom assessment techniques from Chris Hakala
- How we learn by Stanislas Dehane (2020)
- The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start by Peter Frederick
- How Humans Learn by Joshua Eyler
03/15/2021
Topic: Out of the Darkness and Into the Light: What We have Survived Has the Potential to Make Teaching Better than Ever led by Dr. Todd Zakrajsek
Articles:
- What I Learned in the Pandemic: Back to teaching in person, with restrictions, a faculty member finds he’s changed for the better.
- What We’ve Lost in a Year of Virtual Teaching: Our professional identity has suffered, and so have our students. But we’ve learned, too.
Resources mentioned during the meeting:
- Students Who Don’t Participate in Class Discussions: They Are Not All Introverts
- Reopening, With Equity
03/29/21
Topic: Supporting faculty across the life cycle led by Dr. Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College
Articles:
- Confessions of a ‘Formerly Young’ Professor by Paige Reynolds, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2016
- Helping Faculty Members Overcome Midcareer Malaise by Peter Monaghan, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2017
04/12/21
Topic: Inclusive pedagogies led by Dr. Tracie Addy, Lafayette College, Inclusive pedagogies
Article (podcast):
Resources mentioned during meeting:
- Google Jamboard of stickies with dead ideas and current efforts with regard to inclusive pedagogies.
- Columbia CTL ask a student program
- What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching
- JEDI Training Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at Washington College
- Cromwell Fellowships which includes grants for seed money to develop courses with a DEI-related focus at Washington College