Currents in Teaching & Learning Archive

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