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Collaborative Learning in Times of Remote Instruction

by Jonas Teupert, German Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 In my Advanced German courses, students learn about German culture and improve their writing and discussion competencies. The combination of content and language instruction overcomes curricular bifurcation and can increase learning effectiveness. Ideal for this approach are collaborative group projects, which…

Putting Global Patterns in Perspective with Experiential Interdisciplinary Learning

by Natalie Graham, Environmental Science, Policy and Management Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 For the fall 2019 semester course called Biogeography, I devised a new interdisciplinary learning experience across physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Biogeography was offered at UC Berkeley for the first time in many years in fall 2018.

Teaching Science Writing – Learning by Doing and Not by Listening

by Sonia Travaglini, College of Engineering (Home Department: Mechanical Engineering) Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2018 Working to support the Masters of Engineering capstone projects, my hardest challenge was teaching students to communicate the value and significance of their highly technical work. Students had to learn science writing; how to use…

Using Individualized Student Feedback to Enhance Learning in Chemistry 4A

by Christiane Stachl, Chemistry Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2016 I was a graduate student instructor for Chemistry 4A in fall 2015, and I have to say that the general chemistry courses at Berkeley are anything but a joke. For example, Chem 4A is intended for chemistry majors with a strong…

Tweeting Sociological Theory as Situated Learning

by Shelly Steward, Sociology Recipient of the Teagle Foundation Award for Excellence in Enhancing Student Learning, 2015 Related Teaching Effectiveness Award essay: Integrating Sociology into Students’ Lives through Twitter In order to make theory a way of understanding the world, students need to…

Learning Outcomes for 375 Courses

November 2014 The following learning objectives for the pedagogy (375) courses required of all first-time GSIs have been developed by the GSI Teaching Resource Center, in consultation with 375 instructors. They are also used by the Graduate Council’s Advisory Committee for GSI Affairs in vetting 375 courses for the Certificate…

Learning from the Periphery: Collaboration and the Uses of History

by Jesse Cordes Selbin, English Recipient of the Teagle Foundation Award for Excellence in Enhancing Student Learning, 2014 Related Teaching Effectiveness Award essay: Empowered Learning: History, Collaboratively When I designed a collaborative project for my Reading and Composition course last year, my primary goal was to increase participation.