Tag: lindsey davis

  • The Academic Minute for 2024.06.03-2024.06.07

    The Academic Minute for 2024.06.03-2024.06.07

    The Academic Minute from 6.03 – 6.07 Monday Kris Wobbe – Worcester Polytechnic Institute Maximizing Learning through High-Impact Practices Kris Wobbe is the Director of WPI’s Center for Project-Based Learning.  Most recently she directed the Great Problems Seminar program, WPI’s first-year project’s program. Her teaching awards include the Moruzzi Prize for Innovation in Undergraduate Education,…

  • Lindsey Davis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Projects Narrow Self-Efficacy Gaps for Women

    Lindsey Davis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute – Projects Narrow Self-Efficacy Gaps for Women

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Benefits of Project-Based Learning Week: Narrowing self-efficacy gaps for women is crucial. Lindsey Davis, assistant professor of teaching in the humanities and arts department, looks into how projects can do so for female students. I am a broadly trained interdisciplinary scholar of 19th and 20th American history and critical feminist studies. Along…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.06.03)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2024.06.03)

    This Week on The Academic Minute 2024.06.03   Monday Kris Wobbe, associate professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, explains why developing high-impact practices for students can be beneficial for institutions.   Tuesday Kimberly LeChasseur, senior research and evaluation associate, examines whether too much project-based learning can be bad for you.   Wednesday Ryan…