Tag: lindsey davis
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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,…
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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…
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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…