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Pedagogy in Action

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Engaged Pedagogies

We use the term Engaged Pedagogies to encompass a range of student-centered approaches to teaching and learning. Engaged Pedagogies share aspects with...

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Teaching with Data

A 2009 survey of employers identified broad agreement about what higher education could emphasize to better prepare students for productive careers...

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Quantitative Reasoning

Quantitative reasoning (QR), defined as the habit of mind to apply data and quantitative tools to a wide range of problems in personal, professional, and public contexts...

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Assessment

Assessment is the process of observing and measuring learning. Assessments provide faculty with a better understanding of what your students are learning and engage students more deeply in...

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Using click-on-diagram questions to identify geoscience misconceptions
Drs. Nicole LaDue and Tim Shipley published a paper n the Journal of Science Education and Technology on the use of click-on-diagram questions, administered using a classroom response system, as a research tool for identifying spatial misconceptions. Read the article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10956-018-9738-0.
New Approaches to Teaching Problem Solving
In Class, Coached Problem Solving describes how faculty can provide a structured, guided context for students to work collaboratively to solve problems. Inventing and Testing Models uses Model-Eliciting Activities, which are open-ended problems that challenge students to build models in order to solve complex, real-world problems.
Guided Discovery Problems
A new set of web pages about teaching with Guided Discovery Problems offers a wealth of information on using this teaching method, along with several detailed examples ready to use in the classroom.