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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Cassard, Anita; Sloboda, Brian – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2014
The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) enables colleges and universities to assess student learning and measure the outcomes by engaging in meaningful research, and to disseminate this research. The objective of this paper is to give a snapshot of and assess the current thinking behind this scholarship by presenting examples of SoTL, and…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Educational Research, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Donnelli-Sallee, Emily – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2013
Institutional assessment initiatives can provide opportunities to make the intellectual work of teaching and learning in composition studies more visible. Reciprocally, the scholarship of teaching and learning's situatedness within disciplinary norms and values can enhance institutional assessments, providing a check on the tendency to rely…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Scholarship, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Practices
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Martin, Kelli – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2013
This article recounts one undergraduate writing tutor's experience helping a fellow peer navigate an institutional assessment rubric that seemed to contrast the assessment criteria provided by the student's instructor. This article presents a reflection on that experience, framed by Hutchings, Huber, and Ciccone's (2011) work on…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Writing Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Tutors
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Carman, Breanna R. – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2013
The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) allows institutions to achieve the goals required for student learning and success. The purpose of this paper is to address recommendations for the implementation of SoTL that should have relevant input from students. These include, but are not limited to, better communication, evaluation, continuing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Student Attitudes, Communication Skills
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Strawser, Michael – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2009
Assessment is generally not a favorite subject for many teachers, and this is likely due to a perceived tension between the goals they wish to accomplish as educators and the methods of assessments prescribed by accrediting agencies. With even President Obama calling for improvements in assessing education, this paper seeks to develop an…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Hermeneutics, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Experience
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Kiener, Michael – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2008
Under the principles of the scholarship of teaching and learning and action research this study sought to examine how an instructor created and facilitated engagement in his students. The research was primarily undertaken to further define the middle range theory of mutual engagement. Theoretical sampling was used to analyze approximately 100…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Personality Traits, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes