Student Learning
Contact
Bill Cerbin
Director and Professor of Psychology
184 Wing Technology Center
608.785.6881
Overview
A focus on student learning is infused throughout CATL’s teaching improvement activities. CATL provides opportunities to learn more about student learning through workshops, small grants for instructors to investigate student learning in their classes, lesson studies, a student learning blog, participation in CATL-initiated studies of student learning, and classroom research consultation.
Goals
The broad aim of CATL is to support instructors to improve their teaching and student learning. By understanding how students learn, instructors can make more informed decisions about how to improve student performance.
Teaching & Learning Activities
Student Learning Workshops. These workshops will focus on understanding how students learn and the implications for instruction. See the CATL Calendar for descriptions and registration information.
How Students Learn Grants. In 2009-10 instructors can apply for small grants to investigate how students learn in their classes. Applicants can focus on any class, topic or subject matter but are encouraged to submit projects that explore important concepts or abilities that are difficult for students to learn, or topics in which there is a gap between what instructors expect students to learn and what they actually achieve.
Lesson Study Project. In a lesson study several instructors jointly design, teach, observe, analyze and refine a single class lesson. The purpose is to examine how students learn from instruction in the context of a single lesson. The College Lesson Study Project trains and supports instructors to use lesson study practices.
Students' Perspectives on Learning. In 2009-10 CATL will carry out 1-2 projects to investigate students' perspectives on learning. These will explore questions highly relevant to instructors such as how students interpret and use instructor feedback or what students see as the major benefits and pitfalls of learning in groups.
Classroom Research Consultation: Consultation is available for instructors who would like feedback or assistance in any phase of classroom research--planning, data collection, analysis, and publication.
Resources
Classroom Inquiry: An online tutorial How to get started doing classroom inquiry that focuses on student learning.
Leadership Site for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning SoTL information and resources in the UW System
Contact
Bill Cerbin, cerbin.will@uwlax.edu,
785.6881