Andrea helps faculty teach effectively and efficiently. She works primarily with scientists, using her biology background, love of science and teaching experience. Her current enthusiasms include active learning, group learning (especially team-based learning) and assessment.
Duke now subscribes to the Journal on Excellence in College Teaching! You can easily access full text of the journal from on campus or off — from the Duke Libraries …
David Asai, Undergraduate Science Education Program Director at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) will talk about “Race Matters” at Duke, as part of an HHMI funded project, COMPASS, which will provide both faculty and students with support to teach and learn in diverse ways that work for different groups of students, particularly in the early STEM classes. This talk is on January 16, 3:30 pm in Biological Sciences 111.
Here are a few Team-Based Learning (TBL) resources and ideas for the New Year. This post links to a summary of TBL, a book about implementing TBL, the annual conference, and some ideas from the TBL listserv about simultaneous reporting and peer evaluation.