Upcoming Faculty Advancement Series:Using Active Learning Strategiesto Enhance Student Learning

Please join the CTLE for the following upcoming Faculty Advancement Series event:

Using Active Learning Strategies
to Enhance Student Learning

Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009   ·   11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   ·   STT 590

Dr. André Oberlé (CTLE)

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Tradition has it that Confucius said:

Tell me, and I will forget.
Show me, and I may remember.
Let me do it, and I will understand.

Modern educational research has proven what we always knew instinctively: Active students are better learners. This workshop examines how instructors can nurture student learning by incorporating active learning techniques into their lectures and seminars. They will see that even small modifications to the way material is treated in class can make a huge difference in the quality of student learning. A light lunch will be served.

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Upcoming Faculty Advancement Series:The Effectiveness of Peer Tutoring on Student Achievement at the University Level

Please join the CTLE for the following upcoming Faculty Advancement Series event:

The Effectiveness of Peer Tutoring on Student Achievement at the University Level

Friday, 13 Nov 2009   ·   1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.   ·   STT 590

Vincent G. Munley, Ph.D (Lehigh Univ., Dept. of Economics)

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Peer tutoring is a commonly employed strategy at universities in economic education as well as other disciplines where developing problem solving skills is a key element in mastering the subject matter. While there appears to be a general consensus that peer tutoring is a successful learning technique, and its practice is supported by multiple professional organizations, little direct evidence has been gathered about the quantitative magnitude of its effectiveness.

In this presentation, Dr. Munley will examine the evidence at Lehigh University. The results suggest that the peer tutoring program has a positive and significant impact, though in order for the program to improve the expected letter grade, a student need participate in the program on average for about one hour per week over a fourteen-week semester.

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