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Item Building positive learning experiences through pedagogical research guide design(2018) Lee, Yoo Young; Lowe, M. SaraLibrary research guides are traditionally designed in a pathfinder-style format by resource type. However, would a pedagogical-style guide, which moves students through the research process, better support the student learning experience? This study sought to answer the question: Which guide design best supports the student information literacy learning experience outside of a classroom setting? This article reports results of a usability study (n=22) of first-year to graduate students who interacted with either a pedagogical or pathfinder-style research guide through a simulated research assignment. Results indicate that although there is no statistically significant performance difference between guide type, students using the pedagogical guide reported a more positive experience than those using the pathfinder guide. As a result, this led them to spend more time on, interact more with, and consult more resources on the research guide. Librarians who wish to enhance the usability of research guides may get greater student engagement by designing their guides pedagogically.Item E-learning is learning, too(Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08) Walker, MarquitaAbstract: Grounded in constructivist/cognitive learning theory, this paper explores the assessment of student learning in one learning module in one Labor Studies class in one Midwestern university using alternative assessment which integrates teaching and learning activities with assessment through writing activities, the prominent means of communication in an online environment. The purpose of this study, grounded in the most positive and powerful aspects of cognitive learning theory, social learning theory, and adult learning theory, is to assess student learning at the higher order thinking of the cognitive domain based on a pedagogy of learning-teaching-assessment (Speck, 2002). The study’s population is 29 students in one online class L100, Survey of Unions and Collective Bargaining in one large Midwestern university and focuses on one learning module, Federal Labor Law and Agencies. Speck (2002) suggests alternative assessment, which measures student abilities to use higher level thinking skills such as synthesis, analysis, and evaluation and includes team activities, peer evaluation, self-evaluations, and portfolios, provides instructors a more accurate measure of student learning. By providing students with alternative learning activities based on different learning styles and relating to subject content, the student shifts from passive to active engagement with the content, shifts from focusing on information to communication, and shifts from being an individual learner to a learner in a socially situated learning environment (Conole, 2010). The findings from this study suggest that students prefer a written lecture format or some combination of written, video, and interactive lecture format over a video or interactive format. These findings may reflect that students’ time on task is shorter when engaging with the written format versus a video or interactive format.Item Impact of SoTL on Online and Face-to-Face Courses(2016-04-01) Hook, Sara; Liugen, ZhuDrawn from the literature and the experiences of two faculty members, this presentation will highlight the many opportunities to engage in SoTL and demonstrate the impact that SoTL activities have had on the teaching approaches and student learning outcomes that the presenters have seen in the diverse array of face-to-face and online courses that they teach.Item Intentional Use of the Learning Management System: A Case Study in Self-Regulatory Behaviors in a Blended Undergraduate Thermodynamics Course(ASEE, 2021) Mendez, Julie; IUPUC Division of Mechanical EngineeringIn a blended undergraduate thermodynamics course, affordances within a learning management system (LMS) were used to highlight student learning outcomes, require foundational course content to be completed before attempting more complex topics, provide mastery-oriented feedback, allow students to track their progress, and promote metacognitive reflection. This paper describes the use of these options within the Canvas LMS. Additionally, this study investigated whether student self-regulatory behaviors changed during the course. Students were asked to complete a survey about their metacognitive self-regulatory activities related to studying for this course. The first survey was completed during the fifth week of the course, after most students had completed two reflection assignments. The same survey questions were administered a second time, during the final two weeks of the course. Survey results suggest some increase in student self-regulatory behaviors during the course. These results suggest that, near the end of the course, students were more likely to set study goals for themselves.Item Looking Out and Looking In: Promoting Academic Success through Peer Review and Self-Reflection in Online and Face-to-Face Courses(2014-11-21) Zhu, Liugen; Hook, Sara AnneThis presentation will illuminate why peer review and self-reflection are important in promoting academic success and student engagement in both online and face-to-face courses. It will showcase the effective and easy-to-implement techniques that the presenters use to provide students with opportunities to look outward and inward and how the results contribute to course grades and the overall assessment of student learning. Attendees will be able to incorporate these techniques into any course at any level.Item Race, Gender, and Teacher Equity Beliefs: Construct Validation of the Attributions of Mathematical Excellence Scale(Sage, 2022-11-21) Jacobson, Erik; Cross Francis, Dionne; Willey, Craig; Wilkins-Yel, Kerrie; School of EducationTeachers’ beliefs can have powerful consequences on instructional decisions and student learning. However, little research focuses on how teachers’ beliefs about the role of race and gender in mathematics teaching and learning influence educational equity within classrooms. This gap is partly due to the lack of studies focused on variation within classrooms, which in turn is hampered by the lack of instruments designed to measure mathematics-specific equity beliefs. In this study of 313 preservice and practicing elementary teachers, we report evidence of construct validity for the Attributions of Mathematical Excellence Scale. Factor analyses provide support for a four-factor structure, including genetic, social, personal, and educational attributions. The findings suggest that the same system of attribution beliefs underlies both racial and gender prejudice among elementary mathematics teachers. The Attributions of Mathematical Excellence Scale has the potential to provide a useful outcome measure for equity-focused interventions in teacher education and professional development.Item Revising Program-Level Learning Outcomes: Methodology, Results and Lessons Learned(2018-04-06) Hook, Sara; Zhu, LiugenThe presenters developed a methodology for revising program-level learning outcomes that is efficient, effective and readily adaptable for other degrees. They will introduce their methodology, present preliminary findings, identify what worked well versus how the methodology could be improved upon in the future and offer insights into how the methodology could be used to revise learning outcomes in other disciplines.