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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Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning Through Low-Stakes and Informal Writing Activities

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

Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning Through Low-Stakes and Informal Writing Activities

Tuesday, 20 Oct 2009   ·   11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   ·   STT 590

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Active learning is self-reflexive, process-oriented, and personal, and should provide students the opportunity to assess their own learning. Such learning also creates the chance for teachers to become learners themselves: about the material, about students, and about teaching & learning. How can we create such self-reflexive learning experiences?

One simple and adaptable method is by using low-stakes, informal writing. This interactive workshop will serve as a primer to the benefits of using informal writing as a tool to enhance student learning and to the many options for designing such assignments. Such informal (often non-graded or evaluated) writing assignments can improve student learning across all levels and abilities, in a variety of courses (seminar, large lecture, lab/studio), and in any discipline.

A light lunch will be served.

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Really Simple Steps for Managing the Web: An Introduction to RSS

Coming up in the new faculty and staff advancement series, Technology on Your Own Terms,

Really Simple Steps for Managing the Web:
An Introduction to RSS

Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009   ·   12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.   ·   WML 306

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This workshop will explain how RSS feeds and RSS readers can help you manage the abundance of information available on the web. You’ll create a Google Reader account and will learn to import, organize, search, and share up-to-date content from your favorite websites. (Taught by Kristen Yarmey-Tylutki, Library)

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Technology on Your Own Terms

The Weinberg Memorial Library and the CTLE are proud to announce a new faculty and staff advancement series, Technology on Your Own Terms. The series will introduce University faculty and staff to emerging technologies in a hands-on environment, in order to encourage innovation in the workplace and in the classroom.

Technology on Your Own Terms will begin Fall 2009 with four sessions. Descriptions of these events can be found here.

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