Volume 8, Number 2 (2014)
Invited Essays
Context Matters for Teaching and SoTL: Economic Constraints, Contingent Faculty, and Technology
Maxine P. Atkinson
Essays about SoTL
Let’s Talk! Facilitating a Faculty Learning Community Using a Critical Friends Group Approach
Julie A. Moore and Joya Carter-Hicks
Reconciling Apples & Oranges: A Constructivist SoTL Writing Program
Nancy L. Chick, La Vonne Cornell-Swanson, Katina Lazarides, and Renee Meyers
Research Articles
Creating a Transformational Learning Experience: Immersing Students in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Learning Environment
Shelley K. White and Mindell Reiss Nitkin
A Sense of Belonging: How Student Feelings Correlate with Learning about Race
Cyndi Kernahan, Wei Zheng, and Tricia Davis
Introductory biology course reform: A tale of two courses
Michele I. Shuster PhD and Ralph Preszler
Content, Affective, and Behavioral Challenges to Learning: Students’ Experiences Learning Statistics
April L. McGrath
Disentangling The Effects Of Student Attitudes and Behaviors On Academic Performance
Susan Janssen and Maureen O'Brien
Improving Mathematics: An Examination of the Effects of Specific Cognitive Abilities on College-age Students’ Mathematics Achievement
Gordon E. Taub, Nicholas Benson, and Judit Szente
Employing Concept Mapping as a Pre-writing Strategy to Help EFL Learners Better Generate Argumentative Compositions
Ibrahim M. R. Al-Shaer Ph.D.
Students Perceptions of volunteering during the first two years of studying a Social Work degree
Sherryl Gaston Ms and Mellissa L. Kruger Ms
Fostering Significant Learning in Sciences
Tolessa Deksissa, Lily R. Liang, Pradeep Behera, and Suzan J. Harkness
An Applied Learning Experience Field Research and Reporting at the 2012 National Party Conventions
Carolyn S. Carlson, Joshua N. Azriel, Jeff DeWitt, and Kerwin Swint
Time Efficiency, Written Feedback, and Student Achievement in Inquiry-Oriented Biology Labs
John M. Basey, Anastasia P. Maines, and Clinton D. Francis
Assessing the Impact of a K-12 Engagement Program on Graduate Learning Outcomes for Communicating with Diverse Audiences, Pedagogy, and Community Engagement
Faith Weeks and Jon Harbor
Investigating Transnational Collaboration of Faculty Development and Learning: An Argument for Making Learning Culturally Relevant
Dr. Janine F. Allen
So, You Think You Can Teach? - Reflection Processes that Support Pre-Service Teachers’ Readiness for Field Experiences
Denise McDonald and Michele Kahn