PULLMAN, Wash. – The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment has selected the WSU’s Office of Assessment of Teaching and Learning website to be featured this month as a model for communication practices and resource accessibility.
PULLMAN, Wash. – We’ve got about three pounds of brain in our heads that help us look for answers and solve all kinds of problems. But it isn’t always easy. Sometimes an experiment doesn’t go the way I expect or I get stuck on a particularly tricky science question.
By Will Ferguson, College of Arts & Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Believing in your ability to learn can make you smarter. This is the idea Joyce Ehrlinger, assistant professor of psychology at Washington State University, is bringing to high school classrooms in the Inland Northwest.
By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – “Seeking educational curriculum researchers. Humans need not apply.”
PULLMAN, Wash. – Thirteen grants to develop innovative undergraduate teaching strategies have been awarded to Washington State University faculty members from the Pullman, Tri-Cities and Vancouver campuses.
By C. Brandon Chapman, College of Education PULLMAN, Wash. – The College of Education will hold its first conference specifically related to technology in the higher-education classroom on Sept. 25-26 at Washington State University. Find registration and other information at http://education.wsu.edu/TECHed.html.
By Richard H. Miller, Global Campus PULLMAN, Wash. – The flashing VCR clock—00:00, 00:00, 00:00—was once as ubiquitous as the response: Let a teenager fix it. While the belief that young people are more adept at technology—how do they text and walk at the same time?—is not baseless, it is often overinflated.
By Cathy McKenzie, WSU Mount Vernon MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Educators and students from six area school districts recently engaged in hands-on activities that will help them integrate science curricula and collaborate with each other. The “Culture of the Land” workshop at Washington State University Mount Vernon focused on local grains and bread making.
By Kate Wilhite, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – News media are invited to attend Washington State University’s official announcement of the new Center for Transformational Learning and Leadership (CTLL). A news conference will be 9-9:30 a.m. Friday, March 28, at the WSU Ensminger Pavilion, 455 Lincoln Dr., Pullman.
By Richard H. Miller, Global Campus PULLMAN, Wash. – More seats have been added to next week’s faculty-led workshop on engaging students after high demand quickly filled the initial allotment of 36.