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From the Archives: Issue 6.1 (Fall 2013)

Title: This Way for Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in “Challenging Times"

Author: Sandie Friedman

Keywords: first-year composition, student engagement, popular culture, writing pedagogy, vampires

This article proposes a more holistic, interest-based teaching method in writing courses and defends the need for pop culture and media in first-year classes. It analyzes how discourse surrounding first-year pedagogy is informed by the 2010 political climate, which provides a nuanced mirror of today's fraught politics in American colleges.
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From the Archives: Issue 2.2 (Spring 2010)

Title: Emergent Properties: Interdisciplinary Team Teaching in Literature and Biology

Author: Nels C. Pearson and Ashley Byun McKay with student authors James Ballanco, Heather Boyd, Greg Burke, and Shawne Lomauro

Keywords: interdisciplinary teaching, team-teaching, classroom practices, Arts and Sciences, student writing

This piece discusses the way that a team-taught course combining the studies of modern literature and evolutionary biology resulted in students thinking critically and creatively about humankind.
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Currents maintains a full archive of past issues

Click below to see the article titles, authors, and keywords for each issue. You can download whichever issue you'd like to read.
  • Currents Volume 16 Issue 01 – Fall 2024

    The Impact of Courses With Undergraduate Research Experiences: Development of Knowledge and Transferrable Skills for Teaching Bilingual Learners

    Tunde Szecsi, Debra Giambo, and Charles (billY) Gunnels

    Keywords: course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE), transferrable skills, teacher preparation, bilingual learners

    Student Communication Motives and Perceived Effectiveness of the Course between Online and Hybrid Classes

    Heeman Kim and Shelbee R. NguyenVoges

    Keywords: hybrid class, online class, communication motives, course effectiveness

    Faculty Practice in Designing and Implementing Purposeful Assessments of Learning: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Autoethnography

    Yvette Clifton, Pamela Ey, Melissa Gamez, Heidi Giffin, Laura Lohman, Varvara Pasiali, and Linda Pastryk

    Keywords: assessment, autoethnography, design, faculty, purposeful

    Our Need for Noddings-inspired Classrooms: A Vision for Higher Education Faculty

    Kimberly Rombach

    Keywords: higher education, relational care, higher education pedagogy

    Reintroducing the Oral Exam: Finding Out What Your Students Really Know in the Age of ChatGPT

    Gina J. Mariano, Debra E. Allwardt, Paul R. Raptis, and Kristine Stilwell

    Keywords: Assessment, oral exams, plagiarism, academic integrity, ChatGPT, generative AI, higher education, communication skills, critical thinking, workplace readiness

  • Currents Volume 15 Issue 02 – Spring 2024

    How Much Assignment Choice Do Students Have? A Descriptive Study of Syllabi

    Christine Harrington

    Keywords: syllabus, assignment, assessment, choice, motivation

    Discovering Students’ Internal Thought Processes During Secondary Research: A Project on Curriculum

    Lauren Hays and Lindsay McNiff

    Keywords: secondary research, curriculum revisions, students’ internal thoughts, literature review

    Teach Assess Teach (TAT) Pedagogical Model for Cognitive Change: A Cultural Historical Approach to Teaching/Learning

    Joanne Hardman 

    Keywords: learning, higher education, cultural historical theory, pedagogy, cognitive development 

    Rethinking Experiential Learning in the Shadow of COVID-19

    Todd M. Olszewski and Robert B. Hackey

    Keywords: remote learning, online internships, hybrid work, COVID-19, experiential learning, professional development 

  • Currents Volume 15 Issue 01 – Fall 2023

    Class Matters: Teaching about Class in U.S. Higher Education

    Joe Bandy and Brielle Harbin 

    Keywords: teaching and learning, pedagogy, class, social class, higher education, inequality, socio-economic status

    Using Community-Engaged Research to Teach Information Literacy

    Julia Waity, Emily Crumpler, Jennifer Vanderminden, and Stephanie Crowe, 

    Keywords: Information literacy, community-engaged research, applied learning, authority

    Exploring Racial and Ethnic Identities with PechaKucha

    Linda Ann Treiber, Evelina W. Sterling, and Ravi Ghadge

    Keywords: Critical pedagogy, race, ethnicity, identity, diversity, PechaKucha

    Utilizing simulated patient videos to develop student empathy and readiness for interprofessional working

    Catherine Langran, Aby Mitchell, Sawsen Sabbah, and Georgiana Assadi

    Keywords: Interprofessional, simulation, pharmacy, nursing, allied health professionals, pedagogy, empathy

    An Empirical Examination of Undergraduate Academic Dishonesty within the Context of Semantics, Environment, and Role

    David McClough and Jeff Heinfeldt

    Keywords: Academic Dishonesty, Dissonance, Competing Codes of Behavior

    Toward the Co-Construction of Assessment: Equity, Language Ideology and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy at the Community College

    Jason M. Leggett

    Keywords: Equity, Assessment, Rubrics, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, High-Impact-Practices, Learning Communities, Threshold Concepts, Community Colleges.

  • Currents Volume 14 Issue 02 – Spring 2023

    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

    Keywords: COVID-19, college students with disabilities, remote instruction, postsecondary education, higher education. 

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

    Lynne N. Kennette, Kathleen Flynn, and Morgan Chapman

    Keywords: pandemic, universal design, student perceptions, faculty perceptions, accessibility

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

    Suzanne Grossman and Danielle DeRise

    Keywords: active learning, learner-centered discussions, COVID-19, interdisciplinary collaboration, trauma-informed and culturally responsive pedagogies, social ecological model

    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

    Keywords: experiential learning, history education, material history, general education requirements, archival objects, collaborative teaching, active learning, hands-on workshops

    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

    Keywords: productive failure, generative failure, instructor perspectives of failure, higher education

  • Currents Volume 14 Issue 01 – Fall 2022

    Integrating Values-Enacted Learning into Project-Based Learning Courses

    Michael W. Kaufmann

    Keywords: project-based learning, values-enacted learning behaviors, student autonomy

    Teaching with the Getty Museum Challenge in Humanities Classrooms

    Andrea Korda, Mary Elizabeth Leighton, and Vanessa Warne

    Keywords: experiential learning, engagement, visual literacy, close looking, piloting assignments, learning objectives

    Understanding Blended Learning: Envisioning Culturally Inclusive Online Spaces

    Rebecca Smith and Annie Cole

    Keywords: blended learning, online learning, culturally responsive

    Hybrid Teaching in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Han P. Q. Nguyen, Nhu Le, Emily Doran, Emma Polak, Jeremy Andreatta, Margaret Kerr, and Wei-Chu Xu

    Keywords: organic laboratory, tutorial video, covid-19 pandemic, dry lab, green chemistry

    Cross-Cultural Contexts of Teaching and Learning: Experiences of International Faculty at a Southeastern University in the United States

    Nyasha M. GuramatunhuCooper, Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, Uttam Kokil, and Sabine H. Smith

    Keywords: international faculty, cultural identities, third space, teaching, learning

  • Currents Volume 13 Issue 02 – Spring 2022

    Knowing Who’s on Your Team: Pedagogical Expertise and the Impact on Software Design

    Catrina Mitchum, Nicole Schmidt, Kayle Skorupski, and Rochelle Rodrigo

    Keywords: Eli Review, Pedagogy, Peer Review, Subject Matter Expert, User-Centered

    Our Moon: A Multidisciplinary Course to Develop Students’ Interest

    Viranga Perera

    Keywords: The Moon, interest, multidisciplinary, undergraduate, course design

    Encouraging Critical Engagement with Course Readings Through Focused Reading Responses

    Laura Wildemann Kane

    Keywords: Reading Assignments, Argumentative Writing, Reflective Writing, Bloom’s Taxonomy

    Flipping the Classroom in Project and Team-Based Learning: COVID made me do it!

    Courtney Kurlanska

    Keywords: Flipped Classroom, Team-Based Learning, ProjectBased Learning, COVID, Online Teaching, Hybrid Teaching

    Using the Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching to Guide Assignment Design and Implementation

    Christine Martorana

    Keywords: culturally responsive teaching, student motivation, intrinsic motivation, personal experiences

  • Currents Volume 13 Issue 01 – Fall 2021

    Jumpstart your lesson: Connecting students to content

    Lynne N. Kennette and Morgan Chapman

    Keywords: lesson plan, engagement, content, connection, retrieval

    Design Thinking in First-Year Composition: Writing Social Innovation into Service-Learning Pedagogy 

    Jason Chew Kit Tham 

    Keywords: Design thinking, service-learning, design challenge, social justice, social innovation

    Mathematics Tutoring in Higher Education: Impact on Students and Student Tutors

    Eileen B. Perez, Elizabeth A. Gilbert, Jessica Harter, and Linda S. Larrivee

    Keywords: tutoring, tutoring center, math center, student academic support services

    Slow Writing: Student Perspectives on Time and Writing in First-Year Composition Courses

    Jennifer Pooler Gray

    Keywords: slow, writing, professional development, writing-across the-curriculum, qualitative

  • Currents Volume 12 Issue 02 – Spring 2021

    The LEAPS Framework for Selecting Digital Technologies in Online, Hybrid, and Face-to-Face Course Design

    Laura Lohman

    Keywords: Instructional technology, accessibility, instructional design, sustainability, student engagement

    Using OER to Promote Inclusion in Higher Education Institutions 

    Lauren Hays and Melissa N. Mallon

    Keywords: OER, inclusion, open pedagogy, inclusive pedagogy, affordability, students as producers

    The Virtual Mystery Web-tool: An online hybridized problem-based learning teaching tool created by students for students

    Sherry Fukuzawa, Sarah Ranlett, and Emma Yasui 

    Keywords: problem-based learning, teaching tool, web-tool, online learning, technology, active learning

    PechaKucha as an Alternative to Traditional Student Presentations

    Kelly A. Warmuth

    Keywords: PechaKucha, traditional presentation, PowerPoint, student engagement

    Social Media in Practice: Assignments, Perceptions, Possibilities

    Jessica Kester and Stephanie Vie

    Keywords: social media, critical digital pedagogy, students, writing, survey-based research

    Increasing Accessibility and Diversity by Using a UDL Framework in an Infographics Assignment

    Patti Dyjur, Carla Ferreira, and Tracey Clancy

    Keywords: universal design for learning, infographics, accessibility, inclusion, digital pedagogies

    Who’s missing? A program report of one online academic success course

    Carmine Perrotti and Jennifer P. Steiner

    Keywords: academic success courses, online learning, curriculum development, Community of Inquiry framework

    Blended Learning in Graduate Teacher Education Programs: Understanding Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions and Experiences

    Chiu-Yin (Cathy) Wong, Antonio G. Estudillo, and Stephen J. Chapman

    Keywords: Blended Instruction, Teacher Education, Graduate Students, Student Perceptions

  • Currents Volume 12 Issue 01 – Fall 2020

    In the Age of Fake News: Engendering Dialogue and Critical Media Literacy through Culturally Responsive Teaching

    Jason Leggett and Reabeka (Becky) King-Reilly

    Keywords: Information literacy, threshold concepts, politics, fake news, participatory democracy, culturally responsive teaching, critical media literacy

    Aiming for Inclusivity: Teaching Reading Comprehension in First-Year Composition and Across the Curriculum

    Kelsey McNiff

    Keywords: college reading, reading comprehension, inclusive pedagogy

    The Remix Pairing: Writing Assignments that Support Instructional Alignment and Student Satisfaction

    Sarah Seeley

    Keywords: instructional alignment, student writing, heuristic learning

    Embedded Tutoring: One Initiative To Help Struggling Students

    Amber N. Racchini

    Keywords: tutoring, academic support, academic success, persistence

    Critical Thinking and Discussion Boards in Undergraduate Research Methods

    Jessica L. Hartnett and John E. Edlund

    Keywords: Critical thinking, research methods, message boards, teaching of psychology

    “Lofty Goals”  vs. “I just want my degree, dude”: Tailoring Compressed-Length Courses to Generation Z

    Julie M. Holston

    Keywords: compressed-length, generational cohort theory, Millenials, Generation Z, post-Millenials, humanities, arts, social sciences, community colleges

    Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, & Mark A. McDaniel’s Make it stick. Harvard University Press, 2014.

    Kathryn E. Frazier

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 11 Issue 02 – Spring 2020

    Encountering Freire: An International Partnership in Experiential Learning and Social Justice

    Allyson Eamer and Anna Rodrigues

    Keywords: equity, field course, partnerships, experiential learning, global learning

    Reimagining Epistemologies: Librarian-Faculty Collaboration to Integrate Critical Information Literacy into Spanish Community-Based Learning

    Joanna R. Bartow and Pamela Mann

    Keywords: critical information literacy, community-based learning, service-learning, Spanish, language learning, Paulo Freire

    Transnational Exposure, Exchange, and Reflection: Globalizing Writing Pedagogy

    Denise Comer and Anannya Dasgupta

    Keywords: transnational writing pedagogy, transnational undergraduate partnerships

    Bringing the Diary into the Classroom: Ongoing Diary, Journal, and Notebook Project

    Angela Hooks

    Keywords: diary writing, journals and notebooks, the act of writing, First Year Writing, grading, literature

    Changing Our Minds: Blending Transnational, Integrative, and Service-Oriented Pedagogies in Pursuit of Transformative Education

    Nikki K. Rizzo and David W. Marlow

    Keywords: globalization, study abroad, integrative studies, service learning

    Globalized Learning Through Service: Study Abroad and Service Learning

    Kevin Bongiorni

    Keywords: study abroad, service learning, globalized learning, pedagogy

    Globalizing Learning: Integrating an Education Abroad Program in a First-Year, First Semester Learning Community

    Linda M. Lyons

    Keywords: global learning, education abroad, experiential learning, first-year studies

    Engaging University Faculty in Linguistically Responsive Instruction: Challenges and Opportunities

    Colleen Gallagher and Jennifer Haan

    Keywords: international students, content-based instruction, linguistically responsive instruction, faculty development

    How to Read World Literature.
    —David Damrosch. Second edition. Wiley, 2017.

    Brandon W. Hawk

    Book review

    Teaching with a Global Perspective: Practical Strategies from Course Design to Assessment.
    —Dawn Bikowski and Talinn Philips. Routledge, 2019.

    Kisha G. Tracy

    Book review

  • Currents Volume 11 Issue 01 – Fall 2019

    Digital Selves: Personal Narrative Pedagogy in the Online Writing Course

    Bethany Mannon

    Keywords: personal narrative, online teaching, feminist pedagogy, first-year writing

    Understanding Purpose(s): Connecting Students’ Metacognitive Awareness of Genre and Reading Practices

    Rachel Hall Buck

    Keywords: genre, reading, basic writing, WPA Outcomes Statement

    An Assignment Model for Teaching Students to Write from Sources

    Elizabeth Kleinfeld and Abby Wright

    Keywords: citation, source use, writing pedagogy

    The Crowdsourcing Classroom: Engagement in the Age of Boaty McBoatface

    Brandy Bohney

    Keywords: crowdsourcing, participation, engagement, technology

    Crowdfunding in the Classroom

    Vanessa J. Ruget

    Keywords: crowdfunding, experiential education, first-year seminar

    Educational Instruction for Group Work with Diverse Members: Innovative Student Classroom Engagement using a Game-Based Learning Activity

    Kirsten S. Ericksen

    Keywords: diverse group members, game-based learning, engaged learning

    The Threshold Concept Map: Plotting the Liminal Space of Students’ Struggle to Learn to Write in College

    Bryna Siegel Finer, Emily Wender, Oriana Gatta, and Dan Weinstein

    Keywords: threshold concepts, struggle, liminality, postmodern mapping, oscillation, reflection, FYC

    Better Together? Sense of Community in a Pre-Service Teacher Cohort Model

    Kristen Ferguson and Natalya Brown

    Keywords: cohorts, pre-service education cohorts, higher education sense of community, pre-service teacher organization

    Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum: Addressing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and the Achievement Gap at a Racially Diverse University

    Duke W. Austin, Matthew Atencio, Fanny Yeung, Julie Stein, Deepika Mathur, Sukari Ivester, and Diane Rush Woods

    Keywords: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Diversity, Inclusion, Multicultural Teaching Competency, Achievement Gap, Faculty Training, Program Evaluation

    Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning. James M. Lang. Jossey-Bass. 2016

    Daniel Guberman

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 10 Issue 02 – Fall 2018

    Cultivating Collaboration Writing Space: A Framework for Working Through the Sticking Points of Collaborative Authorship

    Jenna Morton-Aiken and Christina Santana

    Keywords: Collaborative writing, academic-workplace writing, teacher-scholar, authorship, momentum, dissensus, blueprint

    “Now We’re Trying to Teach the Public”: Writing and Project-Based Learning in General Education

    Brad Jacobson

    Keywords: project-based learning, writing, general education, instructional alignment, engagement, genre

    From Tchotchke to Techne: Project-Based Learning in the Arts and Humanities

    Ashley Hall

    Keywords: Project-Based Learning, Community-Based Research, Design Thinking, 3D printing

    Those who can’t, teach? Project-Based Learning for Teachers and Students in the Digital Age

    Laurie McMillan and Lindsey Wotanis

    Keywords: YouTube, project based learning, lifelong learning, modeling, faculty as novice, digital

    Partners in Writing: Addressing the Gap Between High School and College

    Michal Reznizki and Jennifer Rooney

    Keywords: First-Year Composition, Community Outreach, High School Writing

    A Task-Based Approach to Tablets and Apps in the Foreign Language Classroom

    Celestine Caruso and Judith Hoffman

    Keywords: Task-based language teaching, tasks, product orientation, digital media, EFL-classroom, tablets, apps, teachers in training

    Extending Experiential Learning Opportunities in Teacher Education: Connecting Preservice Teachers and their Communities through Project-Based Collaborations

    Corrine Hinton, Stephanie Chickadel, Kristen Childress, and Amanda Nix

    Keywords: experiential learning, teacher education, STEM learning, museums, problem-based learning, community collaborations

    Scott D. Wurdinger’s The Power of Project-Based Learning: Helping Students Develop Important Life Skills

    Samuel J. Touchette

    Book Review

    Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy’s Hacking Project-Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom

    Lena Ficco

    Book Review

    Bob Lenz, Justin Wells, and Sally Kingston’s Transforming Schools: Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards

    Alyson Snowe Leitch

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 10 Issue 01 – Spring 2018

    Student Perceptions of Millennial Faculty

    Nyasha GuramatunhuCooper, Jennifer W. Purcell, Shelbee NguyenVoges, Roneisha Worthy, and Marrielle Myers

    Keywords: millennials, students, millennial professors, teacher behavior

    Dialogic Pedagogy in the College Classroom: Overcoming Students’ Negative Perceptions of the Talkaholic Teacher

    Robert Sidelinger

    Keywords: Compulsive Communication, Content Relevance, Student Communication Satisfaction, Student Engagement

    Choosing Your Own Adventure: The Quest for Student Agency in an American Literature Class

    Amy Getty

    Keywords: student learning, student motivation, agency in learning

    Exploring the benefits of two-stage collaborative exams

    Lynne N. Kennette and Alexandra Penn

    Keywords: collaborative exams, two-stage testing, assessment, anxiety

    Teaching with AudaCity: Active-Learning with an Urban

    Colby King and Matthew Cazessus

    Keywords: games-based learning, growth machine theory, real estate, serious games, sociospatial perspective, urban sociology, urban studies

    Reading and Writing to Learn: Do Required Writing Assignments Promote Reading Compliance and Student Engagement in Social Science Classes?

    Tracy Steffy and Maria Bartolomeo-Maida

    Keywords: reading compliance, community college students, journal writing, critical thinking

    Impact of a self-paced face-to-face format in a developmental writing course.

    Daniel Beugnet

    Keywords: flipped classroom, self-paced instruction, developmental education, hybrid courses

    Moving beyond opinion and assumption: An information literacy activity to foster students’ critical thinking about popular press

    Stefanie Sinno and Jennifer Jarson

    Keywords: information literacy, critical thinking, active learning

    Humanizing the research process: Collaborative teaching and academic conversation

    Susan Dominguez and Mark Eddy

    Keywords: Academic conversation, active learning, collaborative teaching, information literacy (IL), library services, transferable skills, undergraduate research and writing

    First-Year Seminar Program Evaluation: A Focus Study Group

    Colleen J. Sullivan and Charlotte A. Haller

    Keywords: first year seminar, student retention, student transition

  • Currents Volume 09 Issue 02 – Fall 2017

    Universal Design and College Students with Disabilities: Does the Data Equal the Zeal?

    Michael Faggella-Luby, Nicholas Gelbar, Lyman L. Dukes III, Joseph Madaus, Allison Lombardi, and Adam Lalor

    Keywords: universal design, universal instructional design, universal design for learning, postsecondary education, disability

    How the College Environment Shapes Learning Opportunities for Students with Disabilities

    Lauren Hensley

    Keywords: environmental assessment, higher education, college teaching, students with disabilities

    Promising Instructional Practices for College Students with Autism

    Kimberly S. Austin, Edlyn Vallejo Peña, and Beth Brennan

    Keywords: autism, higher education, faculty, Universal Design for Learning, teaching

    Fully Including Students with Disabilities in Online Courses: Tips for Instructors

    Sheryl Burgstahler

    Keywords: accessibility, disability, universal design, inclusive design, universal design for learning, usable design, pedagogy, online learning, distance learning, course design

    Using Simulations to Develop Pre-service Teachers’ Empathy and Understanding of Exceptionalities

    Dr. Julie K. Corkett

    Keywords: empathy, self-concept, simulations, exceptionalities, pre-service teachers

    Service Learning: The Bridge to Engagement, Empowerment, Integration, and Learning for Students with Exceptionalities

    Alice Tesch Graham, Gia A. Renaud, Martha McCann Rose, and Kathryn Rok

    Keywords: service learning, inclusion, special education, teacher education, exceptionalities

    College for Students with Disabilities: We Do Belong. Eds. Pavan John Antony and Stephen M. Shore. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015. 

    Nicole Lopez-Jantzen

    Book Review

    Enacting Change from Within: Disability Studies Meets Teaching and Teacher Education. Eds. Meghan Cosier & Christine Ashby. Peter Lang, 2016.

    Alyssa Hillary

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 09 Issue 01 – Spring 2017

    Seeking Rapport: Emotion, Feminist Pedagogy, and the Work of Long-Term Substituting in Writing Intensive College Courses

    Sarah Hillin

    Scholars in Training: Moving from Student Engagement to Student Empowerment

    Todd Olszewski, Danielle Waldron, and Robert Hackey

    Keywords: student engagement, undergraduate research, mentoring, policy analysis

    Using Pedagogical Interventions to Quell Students’ Anxieties about Source-Based Reading

    Ellen C. Carillo

    Keywords: digital research practices, research writing, plagiarism, reading pedagogies, reading-writing connections

    The Teaching and Learning of Intensive French at Ekiti State University: A Literacy Based Model for Second Language Acquisition in Nigeria

    Odey Ebi Veronica and Moruwawon Babatunde Samuel

    Keywords: teaching, learning, french, culture, nigerian university

    An Open Education Reader. Edited by David Wiley. Pressbooks, Creative Commons License, 2014.

    Kara Larson Maloney

    Book Review

    The Slow Professor. Maggie Berg and Barbara K. Seeber. University of Toronto Press, 2016

    Vanessa Osborne

    Book Review

    How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens. Benedict Carey Random House, 2014.

    Geoffrey B. Elliott

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 08 Issue 02 – Fall 2016

    A Liberal Education for the 21st Century: Some Reflections on General Education

    Charles R. Fox

    Keywords: general education, core curriculum, liberal education, critical thinking, higher education, curriculum

    Teaching the Liberal Arts across the Disciplines through Place-based Writing

    Jim Henry, Scott Ka’alele, Lisa Shea, and Chase Wiggins

    Keywords: liberal arts, WAC/WID, place-based writing, Creative Commons, student growth

    Learning to Engage with Multiple Perspectives: The Use of Dialogue in the Classroom

    Priscilla Elsass and Barbara Bigelow

    Developmental Mathematics Students’ Experiences of Mathematical Practices in a Summer Learning Community

    Pinder Naidu and Tonya Jones

    Keywords: learning community, remedial mathematics, active learning, mathematical perspective, social cognition, communities of practice

    Improving Student Engagement with Technology Tools

    Breanne Kirsch, David Marlow, Allison Pingley, Deshia Leonhirth, and Steven Lownes

    Keywords: technology, student engagement, digital literacy, technology benefits and challenges, infographics, kahoot, twitter, bitstrips

    Creating Dynamic Learning through Student-Created Video Projects

    Joe Clemmons and Ray Posey

    Book Review

    Joan R. Kaplowitz’s Designing Information Literacy Instruction: The Teaching Tripod Approach

    Coco Zephir

    Book Review

    Berenice Malka’s No Angel in the Classroom: Teaching through Feminist Discourse

    Katharine Covino

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 08 Issue 01 – Spring 2016

    (Re)Defining Academic Rigor: From Theory to Praxis in College Classrooms

    Manya Whitaker

    Keywords: rigor, higher education, sociocultural learning, Vygotsky, dialogical methods

    “Sivilizing” Our Students: Asking Questions, Studying Literature, and Practicing Ethics

    Jeraldine R. Kraver

    Keywords: morals, ethics, education, teaching

    Is this Course worth my time? Key Factors in Adult Online Student Satisfaction

    George Howell, Amber Simos, and Keith Starcher

    Keywords: online, assessment, adult learners, adult learning theory, adult education-evaluation

    The Evolution of Best Practice: Teaching Genre and Analysis Across the Curriculum

    George Rhoades and Lynn Moss Sanders

    Keywords: primary research, writing across the curriculum, folklore, reflective practice, genre

    Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

    Kisha Tracy

  • Currents Volume 07 Issue 02 – Spring 2016

    Reducing Stereotype Threat in the Science and Mathematics Classroom: An Overview of Research, Best Practices, and Intervention Strategies

    David Sparks

    Keywords: stereotype threat, STEM, stereotype vulnerability, psychological interventions, African American 

    Reducing Statistics Anxiety in Undergraduate Business Students

    Keith Starcher 

    Keywords: statistics anxiety, immediacy behaviors, peer instruction, self-regulated learning

    Fostering Interdisciplinary Understanding and Skills

    Michele C. Everett

    Keywords: teaching interdisciplinary studies, learning outcomes, skill development

    Involving Students in Interdisciplinary Faculty Research Teams: Benefits and Limitations

    Emily G. Soltano, Susanna E. Meyer, and Linda S. Larrivee

    Keywords: interdisciplinary research, undergraduate research experience, graduate students and research, collaboration, faculty-student research teams

    The Genesis and Evolution of Two Interdisciplinary Courses Focused on Global Learning

    Lee Fox, Kim Finer, Claudia Khourey-Bowers, and Leslie Heaphy

    Keywords: civic engagement, global learning, interdisciplinary, HIV/AIDS, genocide

    Tensions and Issues in Selecting a Book for a University Common Book Program

    Kristen Ferguson, Natalya Brown, and Linda Piper

    Keywords: common book, common reading, freshman reading, higher education and literacy, post-secondary literacy

    Volunteerism: Its Impact on Personal Development and Educational Experience

    Richard J. Harnish, K. Robert Bridges, and Andrea Adolph

    Keywords: volunteerism, personal development, educational development 

    George Kuh, Jillian Kinzie, John Schuh, and Elizabeth Whitt’s Assessing Conditions to Enhance Education Effectiveness: The Inventory for Student Engagement and Success

    Renee Scapparone

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 07 Issue 01 – Fall 2014

    Empowering Communities or Reproducing Stereotypes: Negotiating Power and Knowledge in Service-Learning Involving Youth

    Ahmed Allahwala, Jessica Mustachi, Keli Bellaire, and Kim Leah Yuyitung

    Keywords: Service-learning, critical pedagogy, participatory action research, community engagement, youth

    Service-Learning with Students of Color, Working Class and Immigrant Students: Expanding a Popular Pedagogical Model 

    Vivian Price, Gregory Lewis, and Vanessa Lopez

    Keywords: Critical service-learning, low income, students of color, working class, first generation, social awareness, consciousness, social and cultural capital

    Benefits and Best Practices: Service-Learning in Counselor Education

    Nathan C. Gehlert, Andrew D. Graf, and Lauren A. Rose

    Keywords: Service-learning, counselor education, best practices, justifications, ethics

    Using Goal-Based Learning to Understand Why ServiceLearning Improves Cognitive Outcomes

    Pamela Steinke and Peggy Fitch

    Keywords: student goals, cognitive outcomes, goal-based learning, problem-based learning, service-learning

    Utilizing Critical Service-Learning Pedagogy in the Online Classroom: Promoting Social Justice and Effecting Change?

    Evan Ashworth and Tiffany Bourelle 

    Keywords: Service-learning, service-eLearning, critical pedagogy, online education, technical communication, community engagement

    Who is Being Served by Academic Service-Learning? Distinctions from the Public Liberal Arts College

    Jamie White-Farnham and Jenice Meyer

    Keywords: Academic service-learning, writing program, professional writing course, public liberal arts college, social justice

    Howard University Service-Learning Projects

    Arvilla Payne-Jackson, Ajeenah Haynes, and Kathy Scott

    Keywords: Service-learning, community engagement, youth and adult partnerships, ex-offenders, violence

    Service-learning, community engagement, youth and adult partnerships, exoffenders, violence

    Michelle Inderbitzin

    Keywords: Service-learning, experiential learning, transformative learning, juvenile delinquency, sociology

    Reducing Stigma through Contact: Three Examples from the Sociology of Mental Illness

    Helen Rosenberg

    Keywords: Community based learning, stigma reduction, mental illness

    Good Sociology and Good Service-Learning: Designing a Collaborative Relationship to Accomplish Mutual Goals

    Dana Walsh and Heather Perry

    Keywords: Community-based learning, sociology, social policy, community partners, instructional design

    Introducing Service-Learning in International Student Education: In Response to John Eby on “Why Service-Learning is Bad” 

    Julie Miller 

    Keywords: Service-learning, international students, ESOL, ESL, social justice

    Multimodality in the Service-Learning Classroom

    Chip Dunkin and Karen Forgette 

    Keywords: Multimodality, reflection, service-learning, assessment, pedagogy

    The DNA of Effective Service and Civic Engagement

    Mark Wagner

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 06 Issue 02 – Spring 2014

    Online Learning and Chinese Students: Still Searching for the Right Blend

    Xuemei Tian and David Qian

    Keywords: Online learning, Chinese students, online education, culture

    What’s New? Assessing the Effectiveness of Current Events Assignments

    Vanessa Ruget and Kristen Hudak Rosero

    Keywords: political science education, current events, news blog, media literacy

    Enhancing Learning with Technology: Applying the Findings from a Study of Students in Online, Blended, and Face-to-Face First-Year Seminar Classes

    Stephanie M. Foote and Deborah Mixson-Brookshire

    Keywords: distance learning, hybrid, online teaching strategies, online, enhanced learning

    Using Service Learning and Virtual Team Projects to Broaden the Curriculum and Enhance the Student Experience

    Darina M. Slattery and Michael P. O’Brien

    Keywords: Service-learning, civic engagement, curriculum design, graduate skills, collaborative learning

    Audio Recordings as a Self-Awareness Tool for Improving Second Language Pronunciation in the Phonetics and Phonology Classroom: Sample Activities 

    Maite Correa and Frédérique Grim

    Keywords: Pronunciation, phonetics & phonology, recording technology, educational linguistics, self-awareness

    A Photo Journal Assignment: Creating Opportunities for Transformative Learning in the Millennial Classroom

    Lisa Carpino, Julienne Ugalde, and Joan-Beth Gow

    Keywords: student-centered pedagogy, millennial generation students, collaborative learning, active learning, technology in learning

    Stephen P. Brookfield’s Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

    Roben Torosyan

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 06 Issue 01 – Fall 2013

    Identifying Collaboration, Teamwork, and Leadership Practices on Campus 

    Gretchen M. Reevy, Christopher J. Chamberlain, and Julie Stein

    Keywords: collaboration, teamwork, leadership, education, teaching

    Walking the Line: Lessons in Online Interdisciplinary Instruction

    Sarah E. Heath and Eva Roa White

    Keywords: online instruction, interdisciplinary teaching, team teaching, online team teaching, barriers in online teaching, teaching roles

    Tweeting or Instructing: Using Twitter as a Pedagogical Tool in College Algebra

    Lori Tanner, Richard Hartsell, and Angela Starrett

    Keywords: Twitter, social media, college algebra, technology intensive courses

    Assessing Ethical Thinking as a Cognitive Task: A Reliable Rubric

    Meg Gorzycki, Diane Allen, and Pamela Howard

    Keywords: ethical thinking, cognitive task, reliability, assessment, rubric

    Skillful Scaffolding: Using Information Literacy Techniques to Enhance Literature Studies

    Amy Getty and Dan Chibnall 

    Keywords:  information literacy, American literature, children’s literature, collaborative teaching, evaluating resources

    Enhancing Business Students’ Emotional Skills Through Mindfulness Practice

    Chulguen (Charlie) Yang and Ellen D. Durnin

    Keywords: mindfulness, emotional intelligence, emotional skills, evolutionary psychology

    This Way for Vampires: Teaching First-Year Composition in “Challenging Times” 

    Sandie Friedman 

    Keywords: first-year composition, student engagement, popular culture, writing pedagogy, vampires

  • Currents Volume 05 Issue 01 – Fall 2012 – Issue 02 – Spring 2013

    Interdisciplinary Community-Based Research with Disciplinary Expertise: Bridging Two (or More) Cultures in Undergraduate Projects

    Gwen Ottinger, Richard Worthington, Warren Gold, Kern Ewing, James Fridley, and Rodney Pond

    Keywords: community-based research, interdisciplinarity, disciplinarity, university structure, two cultures

    Building a Faculty Learning Community at a Research University

    Stacey Brydges, Lakshmi Chilukuri, Geoffrey Cook, Maureen Feeley, Matthew Herbst, Ella Tour, and Lelli Van Den Einde

    Keywords: faculty learning community, student learning in large classes, teaching-based faculty, pedagogies of engagement, discipline-based education research

    Photovoice: A Critical Pedagogical Assignment in the Sociology Classroom 

    Namita N. Manohar,1 Dana Berkowitz, JeffriAnne Wilder, and Justine E. Tinkler

    Keywords: undergraduate sociology, critical pedagogy, photovoice, real-world learning, axes of domination, structural power, privilege and disadvantage

    Light Writing: Verbal, Visual, and Virtual Images in the STEM Classroom

    David Faflik

    Keywords: writing, image, photography, visual studies, Virtual Thinking Strategies (VTS), Second Life, STEM

    Millennial Students: A Course Design Logic Model Utilizing Group Work Skill Development

    Scott P. Anstadt, Jeremy L. White, and Lesley L. Medley

    Keywords:  course design methods, learning characteristics, learning process, Millennial Generation, teaching techniques, group work

    Hybrid Spanish: Succeeding in First-Year College Foreign Language Class through Metacognitive Awareness

    Diana M. Ruggiero

    Keywords: SLA, metacognition, teaching strategies

    ADHD in the Classroom

    Dev Kumar Bose 

    Feature

  • Currents Volume 04 Issue 02 – Spring 2012

    Motivating Students with Visualization in Online Environments

    Lynn Boettler

    Keywords: motivational teaching, online learning, visual rhetoric, immediacy, online learning barriers

    Low-Stakes, Reflective Writing: Moving Students into Their Professional Fields

    Joyce Neff, Garrett J. McAuliffe, Carl Whithaus, and Nial P. Quinlan

    Keywords: low-stakes writing, writing-to-learn, counselor education, writing in the disciplines, transitioning into a profession, reflective practice

    Designing Online Course Assignments for Student Engagement: Strategies and Best Practices

    Andrew T. McCarthy 

    Keywords: curriculum mapping, learning outcomes, assessing, higher order thinking skills, multiple intelligences, multiple learning styles

    Supporting a Vertical Writing Model: Faculty Conversations Across the Curriculum

    Georgia Rhoades and Beth Carroll

    Keywords: vertical writing model, WAC consultants, WID consultants, sustainable faculty development, community college conversations

    What’s “Best” in Our Practices?

    Jennifer Berg

    Book Review

    The University Turned Upside-Down

    Sean C. Goodlett 

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 04 Issue 01 – Fall 2011

    Faculty Learning Communities: Addressing the Professional Development Needs of Faculty and the Learning Needs of Students

    Cheryl J. Daly

    Keywords: faculty development, faculty learning communities, self-determination theory, teaching improvement, organizational change in higher education

    A “Layered Literacies” Framework for Scientific Writing Pedagogy

    J. Harrison Carpenter

    Keywords: layered literacies, multiple literacies, WAC, WID, pedagogy, disciplinary writing

    Designing Learning Lessons for the University Classroom

    Mickey Kolis, Emily Krusack, Angie Stombaugh, Robert Stow, and Gail Hanson Brenner

    Keywords: learning cycle, 5E, active learning

    Teaching Sexual and Gender Identity in College Courses

    Nathan W. Pino and Amber Blazek

    Keywords: sexual identity, gender identity, LGBT students, social science courses, course activities

    Turning up the Learning Thermostat

    Tona Hangen

    Book Review

    Conversations that Matter

    Amy Ebbeson

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 03 Issue 02 – Spring 2011

    Teaching Intellectual Teamwork in WAC Courses through Peer Review

    Jim Henry and Lehua Ledbetter

    Keywords: peer review, collaborative learning, response to writing, modeling, metacognition

    Metacognition: Information Literacy and Web 2.0 as an Instructional Tool

    Reabeka King

    Keywords: Web 2.0, metacognition, information literacy

    Students in the Archives: A Short Report on a Significant Learning Experience

    Sarah Berry

    Keywords: significant learning experiences, archives, primary research, collaborative learning, collaborative composition

    Using Online Formative Assessments for Improved Learning

    Barbara F. Cherem 

    Keywords: formative assessments, online learning, pre-assessments, adult learners, mixed mode learning, motivation

    Creating Connection: Composition Theory and Creative Writing Craft in the First-Year Writing Classroom

    Carey E. Smitherman and Amanda K. Girard

    Keywords: composition theory, craft criticism, Writing About Writing, first-year writing, creative writing craft, Writing Across the Curriculum

    Principles to Teach By

    Jennifer Berg

    Book Review

    Brain-Friendly Education

    Matthew Johnsen

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 03 Issue 01 – Fall 2010

    A Model for Teaching Academic Listening and Responding 

    Li-Shih Huang

    Keywords: listening and responding, English for academic purposes, second-language speakers

    Turning a Plague into a Posy: Team Teaching Graduate Courses at a Small Campus

    Eva Roa White, Sarah E. Heath, Christopher R. Darr, and Michael S. Finkler

    Keywords: interdisciplinary instruction, team teaching, small campus, graduate education

    Lots of Moving Parts: Is Service-Learning Sustainable in a College Classroom?

    Jessica Skolnikoff, Robert Engvall, and KC Ferrara

    Keywords: service-learning, campus/community engagement

    Concretizing Interpersonal Violence and Maltreatment

    Beth S. Russell and Jennifer V. Trachtenberg

    Keywords: pedagogical strategies, teaching practices, interpersonal violence, maltreatment

    The Carnegie Foundation: A Website Review

    Sean C. Goodlett 

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 02 Issue 02 – Spring 2010

    Creating and Using Podcasts Across the Disciplines

    Laura A. Guertin

    Keywords: podcast, audio, educational technology, pedagogy, lecture

    Addressing Plagiarism with Stasis Theory

    Bill Bolin

    Keywords: plagiarism, stasis theory, detection software, writing instruction, turnitin.com

    Writing in a Mathematics Class? A Quick Report on Classroom Practices at the Collegiate Level

    Maria G. Fung

    Keywords: writing, mathematics, assignments, evaluation, examples

    Writing in the Social Sciences: An Old Concept, A New Course

    Suanna H. Davis

    Keywords: writing in the disciplines, social sciences, writing assignments, literature reviews, writing conventions

    Using Community Studies to Facilitate “Study in Depth”

    William L. Smith

    Keywords: study in depth, community studies, significant learning experience, deep reading, liberal arts education, sociology

    Preventing Plagiarism, Promoting Honor: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Online Discussions

    Jesse Kavadlo

    Keywords: plagiarism, academic integrity, online discussions, literature, writing

    Designing Exams: Student-Drafted Exams in Survey and FirstYear History Courses

    Frederick Dotolo

    Keywords: teaching, student-generated, active learning, identifications, essay questions

    Emergent Properties: Interdisciplinary Team Teaching in Literature and Biology

    Nels C. Pearson and Ashley Byun McKay with student authors James Ballanco, Heather Boyd, Greg Burke, and Shawne Lomauro

    Keywords: interdisciplinary teaching, team-teaching, classroom practices, Arts and Sciences, student writing

    The Uncommon in Common Reading Programs: The Freshman Reading Program at Brooklyn College

    Janet Moser

    Keywords: common reading program, freshman, diversity

    Including Different Voices in Service-Learning

    Amanda Wittman

    Book Review

    Strategies for the Science Classroom

    Rebeca Befus

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 02 Issue 01 – Fall 2009

    The Challenge of Asking Engaging Questions

    Nathan Eric Dickman

    Keywords: classroom discussion, creation of knowledge, dialogue, motivating interest, question-asking

    Electric Engagement: The Use of Classroom Response Technology in Four Disciplines

    David W. Marlow, Pamela D. Wash, Jeannie M. Chapman, Timothy M. Dale

    Keywords: clickers, ActiVote, interactive pedagogy, preservice teachers, educational technology

    Accommodating the Diversity Needs of Heterosexual White Male College Students (You Must Be Joking!)

    John Pruitt

    Keywords: masculinity, whiteness, diversity, classroom role construction, inclusive teaching

    Justice for Undergraduates: Teaching Law and Literature in the Liberal Arts Curriculum

    Sara D. Schotland

    Keywords: law and literature, justice, curriculum

    Connecting Communication Theory to Interviewing Practice: Strategies for Instruction and Evaluation

    Lauren Mackenzie

    Keywords: Interpersonal communication theory, interviewing skills, resume and cover letter writing, nonverbal communication

    La Nouvelle Cuisine Française: A Case Study in Active Program-Building

    Kirsten Halling and Marie Hertzler

    Keywords: French program, articulation, extra-curricular, service learning, outreach

    Higher Education’s Hidden Economy: An Indispensable Critique of the Knowledge Industry

    Kim Emery

    Book Review

    Small-Group Pedagogy: Opening a Dialogue  

    Mark Wagner

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 01 Issue 02 – Spring 2009

    Best Practices: Preventing and Managing Challenging Classroom Situations

    Deb Wingert and Tom Molitor

    Keywords: future and early career faculty, identification, prevention and managing challenging classroom situations, challenging classroom behaviors, recommended classroom strategies

    Class Barriers: Creative Writing in Freshman Composition

    M. Thomas Gammarino

    Keywords: creative writing, composition, the fiction assignment, rhetoric, class

    Lessons from Quintilian: Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum for the Modern University

    Andrew Bourelle

    Keywords: writing, Writing Across the Curriculum, WAC, Quintilian, rhetoric

    Making Reading Visible in the Classroom

    Ellen C. Carillo

    Keywords: reading pedagogy, writing pedagogy, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing in the Disciplines, difficulty

    Tell Me a Story: Effective Use of Creative Writing Assignments in College Literature Courses

    Amy Cummins

    Keywords: Creativity, pedagogy, peer sharing, writer’s statement, literature, adaptation

    The Self-Deconstructing Canon: Teaching the Survey Course Without Perpetuating Hegemony

    Randy Laist

    Keywords: survey course, canon, pedagogy, hegemony, deconstruction

    Staying ‘On Course’

    Sean C. Goodlett 

    Book Review

    Teaching with Integrity

    Jeffrey W. Cohen

    Book Review

  • Currents Volume 01 Issue 01 – Fall 2008

    Transparent Teaching

    P. Sven Arvidson and Therese A. Huston

    Keywords: efficiency, trust, assignments, first day, course notes, courage

    Mentoring First-Year Students in Composition: Tapping Role Construction to Teach

    Jim Henry, Holly Huff Bruland, and Ryan Omizo 

    Keywords: mentoring, classroom role construction, first-year students, composition, individual conference documentation

    How Generational Theory Can Improve Teaching: Strategies for Working with the “Millennials” 

    Michael Wilson & Leslie E. Gerber

    Keywords: teaching, pedagogy, online, Millennials, Generation

    What a Writer Does: Online Learning and the Professional Writing Classroom

    Sandra M. Hordis

    Keywords: online, hybrid, writing, writing pedagogy, professionalism

    Making the Case for Rubrics

    Catherine Wilcox-Titus

    Book Review

    Listening to the Experts

    Matthew Johnsen

    Book Review

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