Earth and Ocean Sciences

newsletters

The monthly newsletter aims to keep all faculty, staff and students up to date with our work. Topics relating to results of research into learning in our courses, pointers for "best practices", observations about curriculum or pedagogy will be covered. To view newsletter:

2012 Newsletters

Vol 5, No. 1 (January 2012): An Instructor's Clicker Cheat Sheet


2011 Newsletters

Vol 4, No. 12 (December 2011): Student Projects at all Levels

Vol 4, No. 11 (November 2011): What college teachers should know about memory

Vol 4, No. 10 (October 2011): How well did your midterm or exam “work”?

Vol 4, No. 9 (September 2011): Free consulting; how can you gain from small EOSSEI projects?

Vol 4, No. 8 (August 2011): How can YOU benefit from your colleagues’ course transformations work? and Archiving the wisdom & materials from course transformations

Vol 4, No. 7 (July 2011): Check list for starting the teaching term

Vol 4, No. 6 (June 2011): What do students know before starting your course

Vol 4, No. 5 (May 2011): Student evaluations of teaching; How have "transformed" courses fared?

Vol 4, No. 4 (April 2011): Clickers: continuing to improve for next year

Vol 4, No. 3 (March 2011): What Your Colleagues Said... (about their work with EOS-SEI)

Vol 4, No. 2 (March 2011): What do Students Know?... What do Students Learn?... Examples from Mineralogy and Petrology

Vol 4, No. 1 (January 2010): Using Group Exams In Your Classes


2010 Newsletters

Vol 3, No. 4 (November 2010): Some students don't know how to study. So train them.

Vol 3, No. 3 (September 2010): EOS Course and Education Update

Vol 3, No. 2 (March 2010): Post-Lecture Interviews: Fast, Cheap Data about Your Course

Vol 3, No. 1 (February 2010): Multiple Instructors in EOS Courses: Can we do it better?


2009 Newsletters

Vol 2, No. 8 (November 2009): Geoscience Education News from G.S.A. 2009

Vol 2, No. 7 (September 2009): Resources about Teaching and Learning for All Faculty

Vol 2, No. 6 (July 2009): Quantifying Student Attitudes in EOS

Vol 2, No. 5 (June 2009): What YOU Said - 1. Departmental retreat survey results &
2. Summary of the EOS-SEI mini-retreat

Vol 2, No. 4 (April 2009): Can Students Get Better at Thinking about How They Think?

Vol 2, No. 3. (late March 2009): What Do Students Learn in EOS Courses? (And how you can tell!)

Vol 2, No. 2. (March 2009): Assessments That Support Student Learning

Vol 2, No. 1. (Jan 2009): Making the most of Midterm Course Feedback Surveys


2008 Newsletters

Vol 1, No. 5. (Dec 2008): You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression;
Making the Most Out of the First Day of Class

Vol 1, No. 4. (Nov 2008): Stop it! You're Killing Me! Retooling Your Lecture

Vol 1, No. 3. (Sept 2008): Writing Learning Goals for Courses: one faculty member's view

Vol 1, No. 2. (Aug 2008): Student Attitude Survey

Vol 1, No. 1. (July 2008): Student performance after in-class activities in a large EOSC course