Best Practices for STEM CUREs Teaching Circle–Fall 2023
In the fall of 2023, five Carleton STEM faculty members met to discuss the elements of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), their experiences implementing CUREs at Carleton, and the desired…
Scaffolding to a Course Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in a Cognitive Science Lab
The CURE in Cognitive Processes (CGSC 232/233) has three stages. The first focuses on giving students experience participating in cognitive evaluations. This includes reviewing canonical experiments in cognitive psychology and…
Teaching students to be (neuro)scientists via a course-based undergraduate research experience in a Foundations in Neuroscience course.
A course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) affords students the opportunity to do hands-on research while enabling faculty to generate data. Here, I describe a CURE conducted in Foundations in Neuroscience…
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) in Geology courses.
I teach several geology courses. In each course, my students are given research topics at the start of the term and instructions on how to conduct research. Throughout the term…
What Do CUREs Look Like in Physics?
CUREs for Physics The amount of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) happening in my own teaching and across physics and astronomy at Carleton ranges from rare to pervasive depending on…
Developing a New CURE in Organic Chemistry
My goal is to implement a stand-alone CURE course in organic chemistry in the spring of 2025 (CHEM 300). I spent part of my 2022-23 sabbatical searching for an experiment…
Exploring Wind Ensemble Composition: A Journey with the LTC at Carleton
Music Of Gao Hong – A CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS OF MAKING MUSIC WITH FRIENDS at the Ordway 04/03/2022Gao Hong, Chinese Pipa Player
Active-Learning Activities Across Disciplines
Teaching Circle Description: “Each year the LTC supports one or two teaching circles. These teaching circles provide the opportunity for three faculty members to observe each other’s classes, engage in…
Teaching Area Studies in Various Disciplines
We all teach Latin American Studies and participated in a teaching circle this winter, focusing on best practices for teaching Latin American content or other area studies in courses in…
Applying Teaching Techniques Across Disciplines
Over the course of Winter 2022, we each observed the others’ teaching once. We met on a weekly basis to discuss these observations as well as other pedagogical techniques and…
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