The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a comprehensive call to action for a better world adopted by the UN member states in 2015. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a framework for incorporating the urgency and practicality of the SDGs into curricula of all kinds. We infused a junior-level undergraduate cell…

Writing-related activities have long been identified as supporting students' mathematics mastery and overall math success (Bahls, 2012). To further understand student experiences using writing in college math coursework, the present mixed-methods study explored the perceptions of a group of students (N = 55) in Multivariate Calculus who…

Following a paradigm of English as an international language -- one that values cultural diversity -- this classroom research conducted a quasi-experiment using a single-group pretest and posttest design. The study incorporated learning materials from both Anglophone and non-Anglophone settings, utilizing international movie trailers with English…

Researchers have long cast grades as an unreliable proxy for student learning despite their enduring use in higher education. Grounding assessment instruments in student learning outcomes (SLOs) provides an accurate and accessible means of evaluating student performance and guiding instructional practice. Using a SLO-guided pretest/posttest…

As classrooms increasingly become more diverse, teacher education programs should include opportunities for open discussions and authentic implementation of culturally relevant teaching. However, the current teaching climate no longer involves face to face teaching as much of the curriculum in our colleges has been converted to online teaching. As…

Students who complete this assignment will participate in a five-day phone fast. They will not use their phones for five full days, and they will keep a journal about their experiences. Students will reflect on how their mobile phone usage impacts their social relationships, media consumption, and social media use. Each day, students complete a…

Online open-ended and closed-ended surveys were conducted in 2014-2016 among 191 students at a small, private university located in South Florida. Our main goals were to evaluate student perceptions of in-class and out-of-class assignments in hybrid courses, determine what students value most about these modes of learning, and recommend ways to…

The increasing prevalence of students' use of Google Translate has been the catalyst for re-developing the language classroom. Through progressive adaptations, Google Translate has been integrated to help support meaningful language learning, academic rigor and intellectual curiosity. Five key steps form the foundation of the ADAPT approach:…

In marketing, the traditional approach for teaching quantitative concepts uses individual courses, such as marketing research and business statistics. While this pedagogy is common, research indicates it is difficult for students to master quantitative concepts in a single course. Instead, quantitative reasoning (QR) requires repeated practice, so…

Universal design for learning (UDL) is a pedagogical framework intended to promote accessibility and equity in learning environments, especially for students with disabilities. In UDL, instructors provide optionality and flexibility in the learning environment for representation, engagement, and expression, rather than expecting the learner to…

Purpose: Teaching effectiveness is essential to student learning, engagement and success. This study aims to identify the perceived teaching effectiveness attributes from the student's perspective through a pilot study. Design/methodology/approach: A comprehensive literature review identified 6 demographic and 25 teaching effectiveness…

Traditional course deadline policies uphold the myth of the "normal" student, assuming students face few and equal barriers to completing work on time. In contrast, flexible deadline policies acknowledge that students face unequal barriers and seek to mitigate them. Flexible deadline policies maintain structure while transferring some…

This study explores the relationship between the dispositions toward research that writing teachers convey through their assignments and those that their students express in their reflective writing. We applied the term "problem-exploring" to a set of dispositions described by the ACRL Framework and coded each clause of instructor…

Feedback is crucial in the learning process, yet many students struggle to engage with teacher feedback effectively. This study explores the potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence (gen-AI) to enhance student engagement with feedback in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) writing. Using a mixed-methods approach involving surveys and…

Asking students to explain why phenomena occur at a molecular level is vital to increasing their understanding of chemistry concepts. One way to elicit students' mechanistic reasoning and guide construction of knowledge is through Writing-to-Learn (WTL), which is a promising approach for students in organic chemistry courses. In the design of WTL…