{"id":382,"date":"2010-04-19t07:00:03","date_gmt":"2010-04-19t07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vanderbilt.edu\/cft\/?p=382"},"modified":"2010-07-29t18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29t18:31:56","slug":"science-math-and-engineering-grad-students-engage-in-teaching-as-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2010\/04\/science-math-and-engineering-grad-students-engage-in-teaching-as-research\/","title":{"rendered":"science, math, and engineering grad students engage in teaching-as-research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"cirtl network\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/images\/cirtl_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"174\" \/>as part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirtl.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">cirtl  network<\/a> activities at vanderbilt, the cft co-sponsors the  teaching-as-research (tar) fellows program for graduate students and  post-doctoral fellows in the stem (science, technology, engineering,  mathematics) fields at vanderbilt. cirtl defines tar as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;teaching-as-research  involves the deliberate,  systematic, and reflective use of research methods to  develop and  implement teaching practices that advance the learning experiences  and  outcomes of students and teachers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>each fall, a number of tar fellows are selected to  conduct projects exploring aspects of undergraduate education in their  disciplines. each fellow works with a faculty mentor, and each project  typically focuses on an undergraduate course taught by that mentor.<\/p>\n<p>each january the tar fellows share their projects with the campus in a  poster session hosted by cirtl-at-vanderbilt.\u00a0 below are links to some of the posters from the 2009-10 cohort.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>tara davis &amp; anneliese spaeth<\/strong>,  mathematics <em>(jo ann staples) <\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/programs\/graduate_student\/tar_posters\/davis_spaeth.ppt\" target=\"_blank\">the  effect of journal writing upon mathematical learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>ayla pamukcu<\/strong>, earth &amp; environmental sciences <em>(guilherme  gualda) <\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www4.vanderbilt.edu\/cft\/tar\/pamukcu.ppt\" target=\"_blank\">the influence of  student  diversity and the effectiveness of flowcharting on student  success: a case  study from an upper level geology course<\/a> [vunetid  req.]<\/li>\n<li><strong>nicholas roberts<\/strong>, mechanical engineering <em>(greg  walker) <\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/programs\/graduate_student\/tar_posters\/roberts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">investigation  of computational and visual modules to enhance learning in  undergraduate heat transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>brian robertson<\/strong>, biological sciences <em>(steve  baskauf) <\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/programs\/graduate_student\/tar_posters\/roberston.ppt\" target=\"_blank\">evaluating  the effectiveness of clickers in a biology lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>elizabeth vargis<\/strong><em>, <\/em>biomedical  engineering <em>(anita mahadevan-jansen)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/programs\/graduate_student\/tar_posters\/vargis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">implementing  and assessing a challenge-based module for spectroscopy in a biomedial  optics class<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>jonathan wellons<\/strong>, computer science <em>(julie  johnston) <\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-cft\/programs\/graduate_student\/tar_posters\/wellons.ppt\" target=\"_blank\">novice  programmer planning: a grounded theory approach<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>three of these students (nicholas roberts, elizabeth vargis, and jonathan wellons) have had presentations accepted at national conferences being held this summer.<\/p>\n<p>see the cft&#8217;s <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/programs\/teaching-as-research-fellows-program\/\">teaching-as-research fellows page<\/a> for information on 2008-09 projects, as well as more detailed program information.\u00a0 look for the call for proposals for the 2010-2011 cohort soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as part of the cirtl network activities at vanderbilt, the cft co-sponsors the teaching-as-research (tar) fellows program for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the stem (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields at vanderbilt. cirtl defines tar as follows: &#8220;teaching-as-research involves the deliberate, systematic, and reflective use of research methods to develop and implement teaching practices&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[105,79,64,69],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}