July 2007

Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research
Before 2000, undergraduate research at Bridgewater State College occurred in an ad hoc manner across campus. After a faculty panel discussion at the end of that academic year, several administrators in attendance decided to make undergraduate research a formal part of the learning experience across the college.

Making Visible the Invisible
By Denise Tolan
How do great teaching moments happen? For me, great ideas usually come from watching bad television. One night, I found a show on the Discovery Health channel called I Lost It. The basic premise of the show is that you hear the motivational tales of people who lost weight.

Frequent Exams: Better Results for Students
It’s not a new finding: in general, more exams mean better scores for students. But it’s nice to keep having the finding confirmed and to have yet another specific example of those better results.

Take the Poll!
Last month's question was "Do you feel that your institution supports and rewards the scholarship of teaching and learning adequately? Why or why not?"