SoTL Reading Circle

Michael Bendele, PSY, and Gail Rathbun, CELT, led today's circle, attended by Scott Moor, ENG, David Liu, CS, and Irwin Mallin, COM, Moon-Heum Cho, CELT. The group focused on one article: Harp, S. F., & Maslich, A. A. (2005). The consequences of including seductive details during lecture. Teaching of Psychology, 32 (2), 100-103. Participants explored the answers to these questions:

1. What were the positive aspects of the article? (Methods, implications, usefulness to practice, inspiration for further research, etc.)

2. About which aspects of the article would you question the authors further? Or, what were the weakest aspects of the article?

3. If you were researching the topic(s) addressed in the article, what would you do next?

4. Is there anything in the article that you think would be valuable for your own SoTL project (i.e., methods, theories, etc.)

5. As you were reading the article, were there any concepts or theories that you could tie into a current project?

CELT invites you to read the article and post your remarks here, by leaving a comment on this post. Or if you attended the circle please leave further thoughts here.

The next meeting of this circle will tentatively take place at noon on March 21, when the group will discuss the articles below, available online through the Helmke Library or at the CELT web site on the February Workshops page. New participants are welcome! Contact CELT to find out the time and place.

Articles for next circle:
Helle, L., Tynjala, P., Olkinuora, E. (2006). Project-based learning in post-secondary education - theory, practice and rubber sling shots. Higher Education, 51, 287-314.

Kreber, C. (2005). Reflection on teaching and the scholarship of teaching: Focus on science instructors. Higher Education, 50, 323-359.