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October 2016
November 2016
Powerful, Flexible, Easy-to-Use Approaches and Technologies for Peer Learning and Writing-to-Learn Assignments
This Brown Bag event is part of the Writing Program's Speaker Series. Mike Edwards and Mark Triana will describe the applications for peer learning technologies in upper-division and lower-division courses from different WSU majors. Their study investigated the usefulness of those technologies with writing-to-learn assignments and for improving student writing, with significant positive results. They offer a description of their pedagogical approaches and an overview of the versatile and easily managed technology for structuring highly productive group work and peer…
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Stressors, Buffers, Balance, and Hope: How Universities can Support Students with High Adverse Childhood Experiences
This presentation will provide a snapshot of the current student population at WSU, generated through a mixed-methods study of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) levels and proximal stressors, and the impact that these have on their academic and social experiences at WSU. The presenters will also provide insights into resources students have found valuable in overcoming challenges and approaches instructors can take to better accommodate students in the classroom with high levels of childhood trauma.
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