Lead Graduate Teacher Program (GTP) students presented their research collaborations regarding teaching with technology at their capstone event in ATLAS this month. 聽Eight groups of Lead GTP students collaborated across disciplines to research different teaching technologies and their effectiveness. 聽Groups presented their results on Friday, April 4 with posters in Roser聽ATLAS.
Medias in the Classroom
- Andy Lawrence Gilbert, Trevor Dimartino, Emily K. Pugach, Allie L. Rowland, Ian Oliver, and Alaina Feltenberger Beaver (pictured here) surveyed the use of different medias in the classroom--video media, social media, or academic media like D2L.
- Jigsaw Teaching Method
- Yafang Bao, Micah Battson, Julia Kamchetzky, Jason Leonard, Erica Shannon, and Rowan Wing聽researched the effectiveness of the jigsaw method of teaching, in which classes are set up so that different groups of students watch different screencasts of new topics for homework assignments. 聽Then, the assigned groups of students led discussions of their topics during class time. 聽Indeed, a聽higher mean GPA was found in classes using the jigsaw聽method than in the same classes taught with traditional lectures. 聽What better way to learn the material than teaching it to others?
- Attitudes about Technology
- Kate Fischer, Allison Hurley, Caitlin Kelly, William Styler, and Kristine Thompson聽surveyed professors' attitudes about technology in the classroom--from no-phones-in-class policies to smart boards. 聽This Lead GTP group found across-the-spectrum results of professors' attitudes toward technology.
- Matching Procrastination Tendencies
- Xavier Espinet, Elizabeth Koebele, John Lurquin, Meredith Plumley, Austin Smith, and Sonya Smith studied the effects of procrastinating personalities in professors and students! 聽Does a professor who tends to procrastinate match well with a student who tends to procrastinate?
- Using Technology to Encourage Classroom Participation and Collaboration
- Matt Pike, Jennifer Cullison, Laura D'Anna, Brooke Edge, and Ciara Glasheen-Artem studied cutting edge tools to bring out participation of more students.
- Critical Thinking Across Disciplines
- Nevada Drollinger-Smith, Katherine Morrison, Jesse Nusbaum, Ali Pialtos, and Melanie Shaffer
- Technology in the Classroom
- Monica Koenig, Jarad Krywick, Christie-Anne Putnam, Eric Siercks, Levente Szentkiralyi, and Ed Yasutake
