Digitally-Enabled, Evidence-Based Teaching Practice: Instructional Transparency

  • Learning about Students Through Their Favorite Quotes

    Sharing favorite quotes has really helped Jill Vettrus to connect with her students from day one and gain a little insight into them as both a person and a student.

  • Celebrating Student Progress and Providing Wise Feedback

    Many mathematics faculty understand the value of real-life applications, writing, and projects in the mathematics classroom. Fewer implement these practices, often due to workload and time constraints, but digitally-enabled tools can be used to support efficiency.

  • Twenty Miles a Day is the Way to Get an A!

    Students benefit from instructional transparency moves which support their understanding of what is required and how to succeed in a class. Once students understand expectations, instructors can provide explicit opportunities for reflection and self-assessment of their learning strategies and processes towards meeting course expectations.

  • Modeling Review Strategies with An End-of-Unit Wrap-up Routine

    An end-of-unit wrap-up via a reading and discussion can support students to practice metacognition by reflecting on their learning processes and understanding, making big ideas and real-world connections transparent.

  • Emphasizing the Importance of a Course Syllabus and Supporting Students to Understand It

    Faculty work hard to make a course syllabus clear, inviting, and informative. Dr. April Crenshaw has developed a video and quiz system which helps her get students to actually read this important document at the start of the term.

  • Using an Online Simulation to Connect Linear Equations and Electrical Circuits

    Active learning through online simulations and explorations increases student participation, moving them beyond receiving information to creating knowledge. This particular example builds connections between the theory of solving one-step linear equations and the application of Ohm’s law and electric circuits.

  • Making Math Help Accessible Through Smart Scheduling

    Learning difficult material can be challenging enough without the added physical separation from instructor support. April Crenshaw uses a digital scheduling system to remove common barriers to help-seeking, reducing the challenge of connecting students to support.

  • Study Skills Videos Support Student Development of Learning Strategies

    This study skills video series is designed to support students enrolled in developmental and introductory mathematics courses or corequisite courses. The videos serve students early in their math sequence and focus on building learning strategies, confidence, and persistence rather than introducing new mathematical content.

  • Structured Online Discussions in Calculus

    Students engage in a structured online discussion process designed to deepen understanding and foster community.

  • Welcoming Students and Setting Them up for Success

    Jennifer Byall encourages students to get off to a strong start through early communication and suggestions prior to the first day of classes.