Rice University’s 3rd Annual Symposium on Teaching & Learning

HOW DO WE LEARN & WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Friday, January 15, 2016
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall

Hosted by the Center for Teaching Excellence
Registration and lunch are free
Faculty, staff, students, & alumni are welcome

RSVP HERE

Welcoming Remarks
Paula Sanders, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

10:00 AM
“Inside the Undergraduate Classroom: Instructor Practices and Barriers to Implementing Active Learning Strategies at Rice?

Margaret E. Beier
Associate Professor of Psychology
Rice University

11:15 AM
Lunch and Roundtable Discussions

12:15 PM
“Teaching For Learning: Evidence-Based Strategies
Designed to Help Students Learn Difficult Material”

Todd D. Zakrajsek
Executive Director, Academy of Educators
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:00 PM
Closing Remarks
John Hutchinson, Dean of Undergraduates

Questions:
Joshua R. Eyler, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
Adjunct Associate Professor of Humanities
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The CTE’s Fall Newsletter is available here:
http://cte.rice.edu/cte-newsletter/.