Title:  Getting Started in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Time:  saturday,  1:15 pM - 3:15 pM

Abstract: Dewar, Bennet and Fisher define the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) as: The intellectual work that faculty do when they use their disciplinary knowledge to investigate a question about their students’ learning (and their teaching), gather evidence in a systematic way, submit their findings to peer review, and make them public for other to build upon. (2018, p. 7).

This workshop will introduce participants to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and help them frame (or refine) a project of their own. We will present a taxonomy of SoTL questions, provide examples of SoTL projects, and discuss methods for investigation. With guidance from the presenters, participants will identify a teaching problem, pose a research question, and choose sources of data. In addition, we will touch on methods for data analysis, human subjects’ requirements, venues for publication/presentation and additional resources for furthering their work.

Bio:  Dr. Schroeder is a Lecturer at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she is part of a team implementing standards-based grading in courses below Calculus. She is also interested in supporting math faculty who engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning as a means to better understand the impact of pedagogical innovations in the classroom.