This one-unit course is designed to assist incoming transfer students with their transition into the College of Chemistry through discussions around coursework and careers, interactions with the CoC community, and rigorous preparation for engaging in a creative discovery learning experience. Author:Katherine Blackford, Lecturer in Chemistry Course Number & Title: Chem 102: Foundations of Discovery Learning for College of Chemistry Transfer Students Grant Type:...
In this activity, students worked in pairs or small groups to first distill the day's reading into a haiku and then into a six-word story, sharing and discussing each with the class.Author: Srijani Ghosh, Lecturer in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Course Number & Title: Female Playwrights and XEnglish R1B: Girls, Misunderstood?: “Deviant” Women in Literature Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF...
In this activity, students collaborated as a class to reconstruct a lecture based on randomly-mixed lecture slides and prior knowledge of their primary object of analysis (Lydia Millet’s novel A Children’s Bible.) Author: Becky Hsu, Lecturer in College Writing Programs Course Number & Title: ColWrit R1A: Accelerated Reading & Composition Grant Type:Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)
In this activity, students represented organisms in the nitrogen cycle and collaboratively formed a physical representation of the cycle.Author: Christine Gehrig-Downie, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementCourse Number & Title: XESPM 15: Introduction to Environmental ScienceGrant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)
In this lab activity, students played the Monty Hall game to test their probability intuition, followed by an analytical review and a concluding exercise connecting it to real-world applications.Author: Alejandro Schuler, Assistant Professor in Residence in Biostatistics Course Number & Title: PBHLTH 241: Intermediate Biostatistics for Public Health Grant Type: Teaching Excellence Colloquium (TEC)
In this assignment, students analyzed soil science data using R, created presentations, and delivered their findings in a conference-style setting.Authors:Sarick Matzen, Postdoctoral Associate and Céline Pallud, Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementCourse Number & Title: Sustainable Soils Research IncubatorGrant Type:...
In this activity, students visited the East Asian Library on campus to practice formal speech with a Korean librarian and engage with collections. Author: Minsook Kim, Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Cultures Course Number & Title:K1BX: Elementary Korean for Heritage Speakers Grant Type: Berkeley Discover Departmental Innovation Award Program (Discovery Trailblazers)
In this assignment, students compiled oral histories from U.S. immigrants, including interviews, transcriptions, and augmented reality-enhanced images, culminating in a collective digital journal.Author: Pablo Gonzalez, Lecturer in Chicanx and Latinx Studies Course Number & Title: CHS 159: Mexican MigrationGrant Type:Distinguished...
In this assignment, students researched and discussed the issues their argumentative essays aimed to solve. This step, between initial research and thesis drafting, helped them articulate key concerns foundational to their arguments. Author: Mark Bauer, Lecturer in Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership Course Number & Title: E295: Communications for Engineering Leaders Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)
In this assignment, students used journal articles to explore environmental effects on the brain and behavior, culminating in a brief presentation with a written/graphical piece or an extended teaching segment.Author:Annaliese Beery, Associate Professor in Integrative BiologyCourse Number & Title: IB 142L: Brain, Behavior, and Environment: a research approach Grant Type:...