CWSEI End-of-Year Event

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Michael Smith Laboratories(MSL), 2185 East Mall

Talks

9am—11am (MSL room 102)
Overview of CWSEI Activities - Carl Wieman
Improving Student Study Habits: results of interventions - Sara Harris & Louis Deslauriers
Interactive Engagement: examples from UBC classes - Sarah Gilbert & department members

Poster Session

11am—1:30pm (MSL room 101 & lobby)

Faculty and Science Teaching & Learning Fellows have put together more than 40 posters on what’s happening in the Earth & Ocean Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, Computer Science, Mathematics, Life Sciences, and Chemistry CWSEI programs.

List of posters

Chemistry

Title	Author(s)
Attainment of Learning Goals associated with an Electrochemistry Experiment in a Large, Introductory Chemistry Laboratory Course	Aalia Sachedina
Evaluation of students' realization of laboratory learning goals associated with an acid/base buffer experiment in a large, introductory undergraduate lab	Ainge Chang

Computer Science

Title	Author (s)
Intellectual Property - Ethical Perceptions of Students Today	Kim Voll, Andre Malan
Workshop-Based Learning – Retention and Learning in Data Structures and Algorithms (CPSC 221)	Kim Voll
APSC 160: Student perceptions of online multimedia instruction with JiTT	Paul Carter
CPSC 210: A study of student engagement in a course project through the development of cell phone applications	Meghan Allen
CPSC 304: Course Transformation	Ed Knorr, Rachel Pottinger, Benjamin Yu
Two Stage Exams, Turning Exams into a Learning Experience	George Tsiknis, Megan Allen, Benjamin Yu
Student Grade Expectations	Benjamin Yu, Paul Carter
Adaptation of JiTT in CPSC 121	Steve Wolfman
Changes in CPSC 121: Towards a coherent picture of computation	Elizabeth Patitsas, Kim Voll

Earth & Ocean Sciences

Title	Author(s)
Teaching and Learning in the Earth and Ocean Sciences: Adding Geoscience Education to the Graduate Student Curriculum at UBC	Rebecca Taylor, Brett Gilley
EOSC 210: Introduction to Earth Science for Engineers	Erik Eberhardt, Brett Gilley
EOSC 355: Continuing development of in-class activities in an upper level science elective	Francis Jones, Catherine Johnson
EOSC 212: Can generic scientific thinking skills be promoted and measured?	Francis Jones
Impacts on students, instructors and departments of multiple instructors teaching in single courses	Francis Jones, Sara Harris
Student self-reported workloads comparisons	Sara Harris
Survey of Hiring Practices in Geoscience Industries	Kerry Ko, Francis Jones, Joshua Caulkins, Sara Harris, Devin Tompkins
Identifying Landscapes and Their Formation Timescales: Comparing Knowledge and Confidence of Beginner and Advanced Geoscience Undergraduate Students	Alison Jolley
EOSC 211: Transformations and results	Rich Pawlowicz, Joshua Caulkins
Exit Survey of Graduating EOS Students: Goals and Results	Joshua Caulkins
EOSC 223: Development and Implementation of an in-field assessment protocol for an introductory geologic field course	Mary Lou Bevier, Joshua Caulkins

Life Sciences

Title	Author(s)
Invention Activities in First Year Biology	Jared Taylor, Karen Smith, George Spiegelman
Differences in Student Attitudes towards Biology - First Year vs. Third Year	Malin Hansen, Gulnur Birol

Mathematics

Title	Author(s)
First Year Calculus Workshops	Warren Code, Costanza Piccolo

Physics and Astronomy

Title	Author(s)
Preparing students for learning through invention activities	James Day, Ido Roll, Natasha Holmes, Doug Bonn
Student framing and real-world connections in physics tutorials	Sandy Martinuk
Development of a course-specific skills and content survey	Sandy Martinuk
A demonstration of the superiority of active learning	Ellen Schelew, Louis Deslauriers
Using Invention Tasks to Help Students Become Better Scientists	Natasha Holmes, Ido Roll, Doug Bonn, James Day
Learning how students learn: coming full circle	Ido Roll
Transforming Introductory Astronomy: from Learning Goals to Instruction and Assessment	Peter Newbury, Harvey Richer, Brett Gladman, Ludo Van Waerbeke
Physics & Astronomy Teacher Assistant Professional Development	Mac Clements, Natasha Holmes, Sandy Martinuk

Afternoon Workshop & Discussion Session

How to Most Effectively Measure the Learning that Matters
1:30 – 3:00pm (MSL room 101)– Workshop led by Carl Wieman
This workshop will focus on the process of identifying the learning that is important (e.g. the different mental processes that make up scientific thinking in particular subjects) and developing a variety of ways to measure how well this learning is being achieved.

Incorporating Writing in the Science Curriculum; what and how?
3:15 - 4:30pm (MSL room 101)
An open discussion centered around questions such as: What writing skills should science students achieve? When and how can these be taught? How can this be done effectively and efficiently in different kinds of courses?