Teaching Seminar Series

Dan Wolczuk
Mathematics Faculty
University of Waterloo

All presentations take place Thursday 4-5 PM in MC 5501 except where noted. Title links are to mp4 video recordings.

Active Learning in Math (May 25, 2017)
Motivating Students (June 8, 2017)
Assessments for Learning (June 22, 2017)
The Testing Effect (July 6, 2017)
Presentation Skills (July 20, 2017)

Active Learning. From the Center for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University.
Duval, A.(2015). Active Learning in Mathematics Parts I – VI, Contributing Editor AMS Blogs, University of Texas at El Paso.
Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Freeman, S. et al. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 2014 111, (23) 8410-8415. (link to paper).
Mastascusa, E. J., Snyder, W. J., & Hoyt, B. S. (2011). Effective Instruction for STEM Disciplines: From Learning Theory to College Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Prince, M. (2004). Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research, Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-231.
Spence, L. D. (2001). The Case Against Teaching. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 33(6), 10-19.

Anderson J., Reder, L., Simon, H. (2000). Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education. Texas Educational Review.
Ariely, D. (2016). Payoff: the hidden logic that shapes our motivations. Simon & Schuster, Inc. NY.
DeLong, M., & Winter, D. (2002). Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics. Mathematical Association of America.
Increasing Student Motivation. From the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
McKay, S. (2015). Using New Research to Improve Student Motivation. From the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Middleton, J. (1995). A Study of Intrinsic Motivation in the Mathematics Classroom: A Personal Constructs Approach. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol 26, No 3, 254-279.
Motivating Students. From the Center For Teaching, Vanderbilt University.

Brown, S., Race, P., Smith, B. (2004). 500 Tips on Assessment. London: Routledge
DeLong, M., & Winter, D. (2002). Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics. Mathematical Association of America.
Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass.
Krantz, S. (2015) How to Teach Mathematics. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society.
McGonigal, K. (2006) Getting more teaching out of testing and grading. Speaking of Teaching,15 no 2. Retrieved from https://web.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Newsletter/testing_grading.pdf
Miller, A., Imrie, B., Cox, K. (1998). Student Assessment in Higher Education. London: Routledge
Wiggins, G. (2012). Seven Keys to Effective Feedback. Educational Leadership Vol 70, No 1, 10-16. Retrieved from http://www.bcit.ca/files/ltc/pdf/ja_studentmotivation.pdf

Dempster, F.N. (1988). The spacing effect: A case study in the failure to apply the results of psychological research. American Psychologist, 43(8), 627-634.
Eriksson, J., Kalpouzos, G., Nyberg, L. (2011) Rewiring the brain with repeated retrieval: A parametric fMRI study of the testing effect. Neuroscience Letters, 505(1), 36-40.
Fain, R. J., & Hieb, J. L., & Ralston, P. A., & Lyle, K. B. (2015, June), Can the Spacing Effect Improve the Effectiveness of a Math Intervention Course for Engineering Students? Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23660
Karpicke, J. D. (2012). Retrieval-based learning: Active retrieval promotes meaningful learning. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(3), 157-163.
Roediger, H., Karpicke, J. (2006). Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention. Psychol Sci. 2006 Mar;17(3):249-55.
Roediger, H. L., III, Putnam, A. L., & Smith, M. A. (2011). Ten benefits of testing and their applications to educational practice. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 44, 1–36.
Tibbles, Richard. (2015) Exploring the Impact of Spacing in Mathematics
Learning through Data Mining. EDM Wing, E., Marsh, E., Cabeza, R. (2013) Neural correlates of retrieval-based memory enhancement: An fMRI study of the testing effect. Neuropsychologia, 51, 2360-3270

Gurney, P. (2007). Five Factors for Effective Teaching. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, Vol 4, Issue 2, 89-98.
Hart, R. (2007). Act like a teacher: Teaching as a Performing Art. Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Huang, Y., Lin S. (2013) Assessment of Charisma as a Factor in Effective Teaching. Journal of Education Techonology & Society, Vol 17, No 2, 284-295.
Lecturing Effectively. From the Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo.
McCarron, K., Savin-Baden, M. (2008) Compering and comparing: stand-up comedy and pedagogy, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, Vol 45, No 4, 355-363
Polishing Your Delivery. From the Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo.
Servilha, Emilse Aparecida Merlin, & Costa, Aline Teixeira Fialho da. (2015). Knowledge about voice and the importance of voice as an educational resource in the perspective of university professors. Revista CEFAC, 17(1), 13-26. Epub January 00, 2015.https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0216201514813
Tauber, R. T., & Mester, C. S. Teaching Tips. From the Association for Psychological Science.
Tauber, R. T., & Mester, C. S. (1994). Acting lessons for teachers: Using performance skills in the classroom. Westport, CN: Praeger.

For information please contact: Dan Wolczuk, Mathematics Faculty, University of Waterloo.

Updated: Thu Aug 10 12:55:04 EDT 2017