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Current Issue
Volume 3, Number 1
January 2009

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Invited Essays on SoTL

What Scholarship of Teaching? Why Bother?
Daphne Pan (National University of Singapore)

Towards an Agenda for SoTL in Africa?
Ian Scott (University of Cape Town)

SoTL in Chemistry: How to Make Learning Meaningful in Any Discipline
Liberato Cardellini (Universita' Politecnica delle Marche)

A Personal Reflection on the 2008 ISSOTL Conference
Laura Regassa (Georgia Southern University

Research Articles

The Role of Scholarship of Teaching in Faculty Development: Exploring an Inquiry-based Model
Pamela Adams (University of Lethbridge)

Beyond Lines on the CV: Faculty Applications of Their Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research
Kathleen McKinney & Patricia Jarvis (Illinois State University)

Integrating Discipline-Based Reading to Improve Intercultural and International Learning
Anna Maldoni, Robert Kennelly & Doug Davies (University of Canberra)

Academic Skill Development - Inquiry Seminars Can Make a Difference: Evidence from a Quasi-experimental Study
Christopher Justice, James Rice & Wayne Warry (McMaster University)

Teaching Social Justice through Community Engagement
Rosemary Closson (University of South Florida) & Barbara Mullins Nelson (University of Memphis)

Online Course Design: A Case Study
Sharon Dole & Lisa Bloom (Western Carolina University)

“All Work and No Play” Reconsidered: The Use of Games to Promote Motivation and Engagement in Instruction
Stephen Gareau & Ruth Guo (Buffalo State College)

Click or Clique? Using Educational Technology to Address Students’ Anxieties About Peer Evaluation
Ruth Walker & Graham Barwell (University of Wollongong)

Playing Bingo to Review Fundamental Concepts in Advanced Courses
Robert Weisskirch (California State University, Monterey Bay)

Two Minute Training in Class Significantly Increases the Use of Professional Formatting in Student to Faculty Email Correspondence
Nancy Aguilar-Roca, Adrienne Williams, Rahul Warrior & Diane O'Dowd (University of California, Irvine)

Learning from Their Own Learning: How Metacognitive and Meta-affective Reflections Enhance Learning in Race-Related Courses
Nancy Chick (University of Wisconsin-Barron County), Terri Karis (University of Wisconsin-Stout) & Cyndi Kernahan (University of Wisconsin-River Falls)

Service Learning in a Non-majors Biology Course Promotes Changes in Students’ Attitudes and Values About the Environment
Alissa Packer (Susquehanna University)

An Investigation of Online and Face-to-Face Communication in General Chemistry
Gabriela Weaver, Kellie Green, Erik Epp (Purdue University) & Aliyah Rahman (Miami University)

The Grasp of Physics Concepts of Motion: Identifying Particular Patterns in Students' Thinking
I. M. Obaidat (Jordan University of Science and Technology) & Ehab Malkawi (United Arab Emirates University)

Evaluation of Personality Type and Learning Style for First Year Medical Students
Mary Johnson (Indiana University School of Medicine)

How Do Management Students Prefer to Learn? Why Should We Care?
Ednilson Bernardes & Mark Hanna (Georgia Southern University)

Interdisciplinary Project-Based Model for Enhanced Instruction of Marketing Courses
Jace Hargis (University of Central Florida), Douglas Johansen (Florida State University) & Claudia Scaff (University of North Florida)

Assessing Student Learning and Perceptions in an Upper-level General Education Requirement Argumentation Course
Kathryn Olson (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee)

Operationalization of Innovative and Traditional Pedagogical Practices within Undergraduate Bioengineering Courses
Monica Cox (Purdue University)

Using Modeling and Creating a Research Discourse Community to Teach a Doctoral Action Research Course
Cher Hendricks (University of West Georgia)

Achievement and Satisfaction in Blended Learning versus Traditional General Health Course Designs
Bridget Melton, Helen Graf & Joanne Chopak-Foss (Georgia Southern University)

Essays About SoTL

(Re)Considering the Scholarship of Learning: Inviting the Elephant in the Room to Tea
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox & Dale Lackeyram (University of Guelph)

Continuing Professional Development in Higher Education: The Role of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Lewis Elton (University of Gloucestershire)

Sustaining Student and Faculty Success: A Model for Student Learning and Faculty Development
David Concepción, Mellisa Holtzman & Paul Ranieri (Ball State University)

Going Fully Online: Reflections on Creating an Engaging Environment for Online Learning
Susan Wegmann (University of Central Florida) & Joyce McCauley (Sam Houston State University)

“Additional Comments”: The Final Word in Assessment for Humanities Undergraduates
Despina Michael (La Trobe University)

Personal Reflection

From Regional University to Premier Research Institution: Multiple Forms and Applications of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Jeffery Galle (Oxford College of Emory University)

Book Reviews

The Course Syllabus: A Learning-centred Approach (2nd ed.), Judith Grunert O’Brien, Barbara Millis, and Margaret Cohen (Jossey Bass, 2008);
review by Mark Barrow (University of Auckland)

Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, (2nd ed.), Linda B. Nilson (Anker, 2003);
review by Jacqueline Bennett (SUNY College at Oreonta)

Helping Students Learn in a Learner-Centered Environment, Terry Doyle (Stylus, 2008);
review by Delena Bell Gatch (Georgia Southern University)

Teaching First-Year College Students, Bette LaSere Erickson, Calvin B. Peters & Diane Weltner Strommer (Jossey-Bass, 2006);
review by Susan Yager (Iowa State University)

Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning: Theory, Research, and Applications, Edited by Dale H. Schunk and Barry J. Zimmerman
(Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008);
review by Steven Fleisher (California State University, Channel Islands)


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