Infopoints: Whisking research into the classroom

Whisking research into the classroom.

The marriage between research and teaching has been loving. Information from the laboratory is translated to the classroom to increase the wisdom of future generations. Conversely, students’ questions sharpen our research. Disappointingly, the information flow from research to class is meandering. In one pathway, research results are re-written in books and then included in lectures. This is ch...

Moving Research Into the Classroom

Bringing Research Tools Into the Classroom

the advancement of computer technology used for research is creating the need to change the way classes are taught in higher education. “bringing research tools into the Classroom” has become a major focus for the software tools for academics and researchers (star) team at MIt. the star developers collaborate with faculty researchers to help solve the problems of moving computational tools used...

Bringing Classroom-Based Assessment into the EFL classroom

This  paper  describes  how  English  as  a  Foreign  Language  (EFL)  teachers  can  bring  reliable, valid, user-friendly assessment into their classrooms, and thus improve the quality of learning that  occurs  there.  Based  on  the  experience  of  the  author  as  a  an  EFL  teacher  and  teacher-trainer, it is suggested that the promotion and development of autonomy, intrinsic motivation...

Integrating Statistical Visualization Research into the Political Science Classroom

The use of computer software to facilitate learning in political science courses is well established. However, the statistical software packages used in many political science courses can be difficult to use and counter-intuitive. We describe the results of a preliminary user study suggesting that visually-oriented analysis software can help students query a political data set faster and more a...