title: Innovations in Teaching &amp; Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 7 (2015): The Science of Learning: Using Research to Improve Teaching
title: The Science of Learning: Using Research to Improve Teaching
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Innovations In Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2015

description: Keynote: Todd Zakrajsek, PhD

Co-author, The new science of learning

Sept. 18, 2015
description: Editorial Information
The New Science of Learning: How Research is Changing the Way We Teach
From Pedagogy to Policy: Supporting International Students and Multilingualism at Mason
Learning Is Fun! Wait...STEM Learning?
Team-Based Learning
The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching
Beyond the Discussion Board: Increasing Participation and Engagement in Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Interactions
Post-Keynote Discussion
Making Research Methods Approachable and Relevant for Undergraduates
Engaging Students with the DICE Model: Design Thinking, Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
Promoting Student Interaction in a Fully-Online Program: Toward New Rules of Classroom Engagement
Gen Ed to Grad School: Three Teaching Techniques that Work Across Different Disciplines, Learning Platforms, and Level of Instruction
Leveraging Undergraduate Expertise to Create Innovative Learning Objects: A Mentorship-Learning Model from the Honors College's Research, Technology, and Online Community Project
Preparing for the Worst: How to Use Simulations to Enhance Skill Acquisition and Retention
Using Teaching Development Groups to Support Innovative Teaching Practice and Pedagogical Research
Ready-Made Technologies: Incorporating Universal Design into Everyday Activities
The Beauty of Teaching Interdisciplinary Courses: How Does a Combination of Technology-Based Lectures and Writing-Intensive Assignments Promote Learning?
Teaching and Learning STEM Online: Challenges, Achievements, and Benefits
Sponsor Session: Blackboard Presents Competency-Based Education
One Button Studio One Step Further: Using YouTube to Enhance Recordings
Cultivating Mindfulness through Meditation in a Classroom Setting from Students' Perspective
Learning Inside-Out: Turning the Outside World into Class with an Eye Towards Sustainability and Well-Being
Using "Orals" as a Peer-Led Instructional Strategy to Improve Undergraduate Performance
Not Just About Avoiding Plagiarism: Utilizing Research on the Development of Disciplinary Expertise to Teach Source Integration for Graduate &amp; Undergraduate Writers
Stressed, Sedentary, or Centered? How to Create a Culture of Well-Being in Your Classroom with Centered Well-Being Breaks
An Introduction to 3D Printing in the STEM Classroom
Effect of Instructional Design on Students' Motivation to Learn in an Online Psychology Course
Active Learning Classroom Effectiveness Compared to Traditional Lecture
Scaffolding Critical Reflectivity in Graduate Students
Exploring Student Learning Characteristics in the Online Environment: Implications for Instructional Design
The Impact of Roles Assignment on the Quality of Online Case-Based Discussion
Mentoring University Faculty to Design, Develop, and Facilitate Asynchronous Online Discussions
A Comparison of Students' Learning Outcomes in a Writing-Intensive Course Taught in Both Face-To-Face and Fully-Online Settings
A Participatory Action Research Study of Collaborative Course Development Across Higher Education Programs
Using Bug-In-Ear Coaching to Improve Instruction
Strategies for Demystifying the Concept of Critical Thinking for International Students
Teaching Students for Transformation: How to Effectively Facilitate Difficult Class Discussions and Promote Positive Shifts in Consciousness in Students
Teaching Hidden History: A Hybrid Course Across Institutions
Recursive Writing, Recursive ITL: Revisiting JosÃ© Bowen in 2015
A Visual Odyssey To Improve Teaching Practice
Word Play: Interactivity, Gaming, and the Future of Digital Texts
Increasing Student Engagement by Flipping the Course
Discussing the Elephant in the Classroom: Are We Erasing Diversity with Globalization?
AMP: Mentoring and Advising Platform to Foster Learning
Helping Students Develop Global Understanding Through Situated Learning: A Religion Course Example
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills for Evidence-Based Reasoning Across the Curriculum Using COGENT
Partnering with Your Librarian: Leveraging the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education Across Disciplines
In Their Own Best Interest: Data-Based Decisions in the Classroom
Using Distance Learning to Prepare International Students for the Classroom
The Smithsonian-Mason Semester for Conservation Studies: Advancing Innovative Ways to Teach the Practice of Conservation
Future Forward: Designing Innovative Learning Spaces at Mason
Multimedia in Teaching and Learning: Content Acquisition Podcasts
Creating Global Learning Experiences: Course Design Fundamentals for Internationalizing the Curriculum
Development of an Interactive Human Body Digital Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Provide Whole Body Systems-Based Learning in Vitamins and Minerals
A Call to Train: Graduate Teaching Assistants, Writing, and the STEM Curriculum
Teaching Feminist Research Methods: Evidence-Based Teaching
Supporting Faculty Writers and Teachers of Writing with Writing Across the Curriculum
Outside of the Classroom: How to Show a Great Film at Mason!
Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities for Undergraduate Students through Federal Work Study
Best Practices and Opportunities at Mason for Global Collaborative Classrooms
Using Omeka and Neatline to Facilitate Student Research in a Core Literature Class
Four Methods for Engaging Students with Socratic Teaching Techniques in Large Enrollment STEM Courses Using Notecards
The STEM Accelerator Program
Up the Pyramid, Around the Loop—Action Research Cultivates Sustainability Scholars to Green the Campus
The (Not-So) Secrets to Successful Research- and Scholarship-Intensive Courses
Mason DREAMers: Fostering Inclusion for Our Undocumented Students