The Teaching Effectiveness Award honors a small number of outstanding graduate student instructors each year who have made a significant contribution to teaching and learning in their departments through identifying and responding to a problem they have encountered in a class, laboratory, or section they have taught. Their contributions are Continue Reading >>
The Teaching Effectiveness Award honors a small number of outstanding graduate student instructors each year who have made a significant contribution to teaching and learning in their departments through identifying and responding to a problem they have encountered in a class, laboratory, or section they have taught. Their contributions are Continue Reading >>
Compiled June 2011 Download the pdf version On This Page A. Key Texts Recommended by Berkeley Faculty Speakers B. Recent Articles Related to Topics in the Speaker Series: Active Learning and Student-Centered Instruction Cognitive and Social Psychology Educational Research Situated Cognition C. General Reading on Learning: Research on How Students Continue Reading >>
Essays are available in hard copy in the GSI Teaching & Resource Center. 1999–2000 1998–1999 1997–1998 1996–1997 1995–1996 1999–2000 Recipients Current, Brian, (Music), Hearing John Cage: An Approach to Introducing Ambient Music Dawson, Steve, (Astronomy), Kinesthesis in Science: Where Red Rover Meets Quantum Mechanics Dekel, Edan, (Classics), Reciting Latin Verse Dosh, Continue Reading >>
2014–2015 2013–2014 2012–2013 2011–2012 2010–2011 2014–2015 Recipients Courtois de Vicose, Alexandra, History of Art, What Is It to Truly “See” and How to Deal with the Unseen Fleishman, Kathryn, English, To Risk an Argument: Tweeting towards Independent Theses in English R1B Hellmich, Emily A., French ( Home Department: Education), Becoming Your Continue Reading >>
2004–2005 2003–2004 2002–2003 2001–2002 2000–2001 2004–2005 Recipients Albanna, Badr (Physics), Getting in Touch with Your Inner Physicist Clayton, Aubrey (Mathematics), The Meaning Behind the Symbols Dowling, Christie (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Strategies to Provide Information Without Providing Answers Frenkel, Oron (Public Health), Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries through Drama Lerman, Amy (Political Continue Reading >>
Arthur Shimamura John Kihlstrom Research Background Teaching Practice Further Reading On Line Arthur Shimamura, “Active Learning AND Testing: The Key to Long-Lasting Memories” In his talk, Professor Shimamura focused on three areas related to how humans learn to remember: top-down processing, elaborative encoding, and mnemonic skills. He described efficient learning Continue Reading >>
Daniela Kaufer’s Talk Research Background Teaching Practice Further Reading On Line Daniela Kaufer, “What Can Neuroscience Research Teach Us about Teaching?” In her talk for the How Students Learn project, Professor Kaufer describes “Mind, Brain, and Education” or MBE, a developing subfield within neuroscience that attempts to link research with Continue Reading >>
Structuring class activities and assignments that best help students learn is a difficult art to master, so GSIs do well to become informed about the practices that are most effective for student learning and what makes them effective. On this page, you will find links to a variety of resources that Continue Reading >>
The Working Group on How Students Learn heard lectures by several speakers in its five sessions during Spring 2011. The content captured in the Speaker Series gives rich insight into how students learn through the lenses of several different disciplines: neuroscience, cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, and education. Click on the Continue Reading >>