Use of templates and guides to help bridge the gap between novice and expert (Jasmine Hopkins)
CATE Seminar Series
November 8, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
Virtual event
Address
924 S. Morgan St., Rm 201, Chicago, IL 60607
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The CATE Seminar Series features the work of UIC instructors who are investigating how their teaching practices impact the learning experiences of their students in their courses. In this session, participants will hear from scholars about their research findings in the first hour. In the second half hour, participants in-person will be able to consult with CATE staff on how to apply the scholars’ teaching strategies, research methodology, and/or research findings to their own practice and research. All faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be provided at the session.
Speaker: Jasmine Hopkins, Science Department at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon (alumni from UIC's Biological Sciences department)
Title: Use of templates & guides to help bridge the gap between novice & expert
Abstract: By the time we are experts in our discipline, the way we approach topics and skills has become second-nature, and it is easy to forget how we learned key skills in our discipline. How do you teach students to approach a topic like an expert in the field in an engaging and active way? Here I share an iterative approach I took to develop student’s scientific literacy skills in an upper-level Biology course. Over a series of semesters, I used established concepts from the C.R.E.A.T.E method and other literature to develop stepwise reading guides for scientific articles that I used in lessons, worksheets, and guided article discussion activities, targeted at developing student’s scientific literacy as part of a quality improvement exercise. Student’s perceived gains in scientific literacy from the beginning to the end of the semester improved after implementing the guides and activities. Here I will share the stepwise guides and activities used to facilitate student expertise in reading scientific articles, the retrospective pre-post survey given to students on their perceived gains in scientific literacy, the supporting literature I used to develop my materials, and discuss application to disciplines beyond biology.
Format: This seminar will be online on Zoom.
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Date posted
Oct 2, 2024
Date updated
Oct 8, 2024