Tag: students
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Student Reflections Inform Teaching
This week I have learned a few things: 1. I now completely understand why so many people drop out of college.2. Insulin is as cheap as water. (I’m being sarcastic.)3. My boyfriend gives the best hugs.4. I can’t wait to become a teacher and help mold little brains.5. Weighted blankets and lots of ice cream…
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Self-Regulation in College
About the Author: Amara Bradetich is a graduate student in the School of Public Health and Human Services at Oregon State University. Studying in the Human Development and Family Science area, her research focuses on how maternal stress during pregnancy affects child self-regulation and sensory processing in early childhood. This post is part of our series of Research…
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RAP ON: “Things will be different on the next test” – Expectations vs Reality of changing how we study.
About the Author: William Rayo, MAT is a graduate student in the applied cognition area of the School of Psychological Science at Oregon State University. This is part of our series of Research Advancing Pedagogy (RAP) blogs, designed to share pedagogical research from across the disciplines in a pragmatic format. When it comes to studying, how students go about…
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Leveraging Zoom Tools to Engage Students
Student engagement is indispensable in the current remote and blended teaching and learning environment. James Lang, author of the well-known Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning, speaks to this challenge in the newly published Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. “We will not succeed in teaching…
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Requesting, Receiving & Responding to Student Feedback
Dr. Kiri L. Wagstaff is an Associate Research Professor at OSU in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Principal Researcher in machine learning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. What is the best way to solicit, analyze, and act on feedback from students about your course? Kenton Hokanson, a microbiology instructor, and…
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Engaging Undergraduate Students with Research
Each year, many new and returning OSU undergraduates look forward to engaging in forms of experiential learning beyond the classroom. Engaging undergraduates in research, for example, is central to OSU’s Strategic Plan 4.0, and has been shown to lead to a wide range of personal and professional gains for those who participate (Kuh, 2008; National…
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Pandemic Teaching Is Challenging and Difficult But Still Merits Reflection
I am not the same teacher I was six weeks ago. Oh, I still care very much about my students. It is still very important to me that they are learning, that I help bring the content to life and make the material engaging and applicable. I want them to feel connected to me, their…
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A Memo to Students on Punching through the Pandemic
Dear Students, Confused by remote learning? Uncertain? Anxious? Worried? Stressed? Unclear what next week will bring? For many of us faculty, the answer to all these is yes. I am guessing that many of you are experiencing this as well. We are all in this together. Your faculty and schools have your back. Here are…
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RAP ON: What’s All the Kahoot! About?
About the author: Sydney Tran is a Health Psychology PhD student studying the effects of objectification on women’s well-being. She is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusivity in improving mental health and well-being. This is part of our series of Research Advancing Pedagogy (RAP) blogs, designed to share the latest pedagogical research from across the disciplines…
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Cognition and Learning
by: Gerald Presley, Assistant ProfessorCollege of Forestry – Wood Science & Engineering Demian Hommel presented Week 6 of the Tuesday Teaching +Tech Talks on cognition and learning. This talk highlighted some techniques to effectively engage students and keep them interested in the course material. It also provided some background on Bloom’s taxonomy and how it…