2nd Annual Conference

on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Friday, April 22, 2005

Memorial Student Union Building
Alumni Room of Honor (218)

REGISTRATION

Posters on display

Refreshments

Welcoming remarks, Dr. Rumaldo Z. Juárez, President

Oral presentations

9:30 – 4:30

9:30 – 9:45

9:45 – 10:00

10:00 – 3:45

10:00 – 10:45

“Using the Writing Process to Teach Analysis”
Dr. Donna Halford (Language and Literature)
 

10:55 - 11:25

“Active Learning through Problem Solving”
Dr. Indra Reddy (School of Pharmacy)
 

11:30 - 1:30

Lunch

"Teaching as scholarly inquiry:  Understanding what's happening in your classroom"
Keynote speaker Dr. Marilla Svinicki (University of Texas in Austin), Editor, "New Directions for Teaching and Learning" series published by Jossey-Bass, Leader in faculty development.
 

Five minutes brief project summaries by each of the poster presenters
 

1:30 - 2:15

“A New Paradigm for Small Programs: The Distributed Department Model”
Dr. Daniel Suson (Physics)
 

2:20 - 2:50

“Effective Teaching Methods for Engineering Students as Perceived by Engineering Students”
Dr. Mehrube Mehrubeoglu (Electrical Engineering)
Dr. Lifford McLauchlan (Computer Science)
 

3:00 - 3:45

“Discovery of Geologic Principles used in Relative Age-dating of Rocks and Geologic Events”
Mr. Roger Steinberg (Department of Natural Sciences, Del Mar College)
 

3:45 - 4:30

“Engaging Students in Learning”
Dr. Gail Dantzker
Dr. Duane Gardiner (Administration/Agriculture)

“Teaching Students to Use Inductive Teaching Models”
Dr. Marie Lassmann (Education)

“Enhancing Design and Practical Experiences from Senior Design Courses of Civil Engineering Program at TAMUK”
Dr. Pat Leelani (Civil Engineering)