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Currents in Teaching & Learning

Currents in Teaching & Learning


Improving Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
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Benjamin D. Jee, Editor

Psychology Department
Worcester State University
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602-2597
currents@worcester.edu

Currents in Teaching and Learning is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that fosters exchanges among teacher-scholars across the disciplines. Published twice a year (typically one issue in fall, one in spring), Currents seeks to improve teaching and learning in higher education with short reports on classroom practices as well as longer research, or theoretical articles related to teaching and learning.

The cover of the journal 'Currents in Teaching & Learning'
Volume 14, Issue 2
Spring 2023 Issue
As instructors we may adopt a particular framework for teaching and learning without explicitly acknowledging or evaluating the alternatives. By becoming aware of the metaphors that permeate our teaching lives, we may not only understand ourselves better, but also appreciate the perspectives of colleagues, administrators, and students themselves.
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In this Issue…

The Ways We Think About Teaching and Learning

Benjamin D. Jee

An Examination of College Students with Disabilities’ Perceptions of Instruction During Remote Learning Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michael Faggella-Luby, Lyman L. Dukes, III., Emily Tarconish, Ashley Taconet, Nicholas Gelbar, and Joseph W. Madaus

Has the Pandemic Affected Student and Faculty’s Use and Perception of Universal Design for Learning?

Lynne N. Kennette, Kathleen Flynn, and Morgan Chapman

Using the Past to Inform the Future: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Address Undergraduate Pandemic Concerns

Suzanne Grossman and Danielle DeRise

Hands On Workshops for Real World Experience: Scaffolded Assignments and Archival Objects in the Historian's Craft

Abigail P. Dowling, Kristen Bailey, Kathryn Wright, and Adam Griggs

Instructor Perspectives on Failure and Its Role in Learning in Higher Education

Jennifer N. Ross, Dan Guadagnolo, Abby Eastman, Matthew Petrei, Angela Bakaj, Laura Crupi, Shirley Liu, Nicole Laliberte, and Fiona Rawle

Currents in Teaching and Learning is a publication of Worcester State University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. ISSN: 1945-3043

  • Editor: Benjamin D. Jee
  • Managing Editor: Henry C. Theriault

More about Currents

Learn more about the team behind Currents, and how to contribute to future issues.
  • The Currents in Teaching and Learning Editorial Advisory Board fulfills both editorial and advisory functions, and is made up of Worcester State University faculty members from a variety of disciplines. Currents solicits interested teacher-scholars from a representative range of disciplines and higher-education institutions to form its external Advisory Board.

    Editorial Advisory Board

    • Amanda Cornine
    • Linda Larrivee
    • Eileen Perez
    • Emily Soltano
    • Seth Surgan
    • Don Vescio
  • Currents in Teaching and Learning is now inviting submissions for Volume 15, Issues 1 and 2.

    Submissions may take the form of:

    • Brief reports that provide a concise but complete account of new teaching methods or materials that will be of broad interest to college and university instructors (750-1250 words).
    • Medium-length teaching and program reports on classroom/curricular practices (2500–5500 words)
    • Longer research or theoretical articles related to current issues in teaching and learning in higher education (5500 – 7000 words)

    All submissions must be original, previously unpublished work and, if based in a particular academic discipline, must explicitly consider their relevance and applicability to other disciplines and classroom settings.

    Issue Submission Deadline
    Volume 15, Issue 1 August 31, 2022
    Volume 15, Issue 2 December 31, 2022

    Submissions received after the deadlines will be considered on a rolling basis and for the following issue.

  • To submit a manuscript, email the submission as a Microsoft Word document to currents@worcester.edu. Please do not mail a hard copy.

    Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original material and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

    After your manuscript has been accepted, please fill out and submit a Copyright Transfer Form for each author. Authors who wish to use their published manuscript in an edited book or other compilation of articles may do so, but first must obtain written permission from Currents.

    Manuscripts can be take the form of a short report (suggested length: 10 to 20 pages; word count: 2,850-5,700 words) or longer article (suggested length: 20 to 25 pages; word count: 5,700-7,125 words). Texts of a length exceeding this will be considered as interest warrants and space permits.

    Manuscripts should be prepared following guidelines established in the publication manual of the American Psychological Association.

    Articles may include graphics and hyperlinks to online multimedia objects or other online materials, where the latter are indicated and linked using the hyperlink tool provided in MS Word. Authors should ensure that all links are active at the time of submission.

    Submissions should include:

    1. Title page with full title, full name of each author with current affiliation, position held and full address/phone/fax/email details plus short biographical note of about 50 words. A second title page should be included without identifying information for peer review.
    2. Pages should be numbered consecutively in the upper right hand corner, beginning with the title page.
    3. Manuscripts should be double spaced in entirety, with 1-inch margins on all sides.
    4. Include an abstract of 100-150 words.
    5. List keywords and/or phrases beneath the abstract.
    6. Text should be clearly organized, with a clear hierarchy of headings and subheadings, and quotations exceeding 40 words displayed, indented, in the text.
    7. Abbreviations and acronyms should be spelled out at first mention.
    8. Words to be set in italics (contrary to the rules of the style manual) should be set in italics, not underlined; sentence structure should be used to create emphasis.
    9. References are cited in the text as follows: (author(s), year of publication).
    10. The purpose of tables and figures is to present data to the reader in a clear and unambiguous manner. The author should not describe the data in the text in such detail that illustration or text is redundant.
    11. Figures and tables should be keyed to the text. Tables should each be typed on a separate sheet and placed at the end of the manuscript (after the references).
    12. Tables and figures should be numbered sequentially (e.g., Table 1, Table 2, and Figure 1, Figure 2) and include descriptive titles.

    Overarching criteria that reviewers will be asked to evaluate for each submission:

    1. Content: originality, usefulness in classroom, subject of ‘current’ importance/interest?
    2. Relevance across disciplines: if the piece is written from a particular disciplinary home, does it address explicitly its potential applicability to other disciplines and in other settings? Are the study’s findings too limited to that one specific field?
    3. Style: quality of writing, clarity, elegance, freedom from jargon, definitions of key terms, attention to the Currents submission guidelines, including APA format?
    4. Appropriateness of methodology and theoretical framework.
    5. Relevance of the sources/references and determination if they are “current.”
    6. Length: compatible with the type of submission and appropriate to the subject and scope of the piece?

    Once the editors determine that the manuscript’s format and content are appropriate for the journal, the manuscript is then sent through a blind peer-review process. Names of reviewers will not be released to authors, nor will reviewers know the identities of authors whose work they review. The review process will take 8-10 weeks. Authors will be notified of the recommendations of the review panel and will be provided copies of the reviewers’ comments.

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Psychology Department
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486 Chandler Street
Worcester, MA 01602-2597
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