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Diversity & Collaboration: Reading in the Disciplines . Jason S. Todd, Ph.D. Xavier University of Louisiana CRLA 45 th Annual Conference November 8, 2012 Hyatt Regency Hotel Houston, Texas. Session Objectives. Become familiar with our reading-focused quality enhancement plan
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Diversity & Collaboration:Reading in the Disciplines Jason S. Todd, Ph.D. Xavier University of Louisiana CRLA 45th Annual Conference November 8, 2012 Hyatt Regency Hotel Houston, Texas
Session Objectives • Become familiar with our reading-focused quality enhancement plan • Understand framework for discipline-specific active reading program • Learn about the different approaches being taken within different disciplines • Learn about the faculty development activities designed to assist this project • Explore ways in which such a program might be introduced at other institutions
Read Today, Lead Tomorrow • Fall 2010-Spring 2015 • Active reading • Comprehension • Interpretation • Analysis • Engaged reading • Interaction • Appreciation
Reading in the Disciplines • Mandate: All academic units • Entry-level courses, Fall 2011 • Upper-level courses, Fall 2012 • Implementation: At department level • Outcome(s) • Method(s) • Measure(s) • Assessment: 80% of students at proficiency
Reading in the Disciplines • Textbook reading • Biology • Pharmacy • Physics • Psychology • Primary source interpretation • English • History • Philosophy • Languages • Theology
Reading in the Disciplines • Word problem interpretation • Computer Science • Mathematics • Concept application • Art • Business • Chemistry • Communications Studies • Education • Music • Political Science • Speech Pathology
Case study: Philosophy • First-year results • Completeness of textual exposition • 36% at proficiency • Accuracy of textual exposition • 38% at proficiency • Response to data • Sharing techniques/methods • Re-evaluating rubric
Case study: Education • First-year results • Synthesis of secondary sources • 100% at proficiency • 83% at mastery • Response to data • Continue to monitor
Upper-level Courses • Being implemented now • Major focus on scholarly texts • Smaller, less common classes • Less non-major impact
Faculty Development • Seminars => Theory • Workshops => Methods • Mini-grants => Innovation • Course Portfolio WG => Course redesign • FaCTS fellowships => Course redesign
Successes • Faculty buy-in • Reconsideration of faculty expectations • Almost 100% implementation • Diversity of approaches • Cross-pollination • Assessment training
Roadblocks • "Don't tell me how to run my classroom" • Departmental leadership • Departmental conflicts • Data collection
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