2011 Winners of the Investigating Student Learning Grant

Link to ISL Grant Winners from 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008.

In March of 2011, CRLT awarded the following UM Faculty an Investigating Student Learning Grant. The competition is open, on the Ann Arbor campus of the University, to all tenured and tenure-track faculty; clinical instructional faculty; and Lecturers who have continuing appointments and course development responsibilities. Click here for more information about the grant.

Louis Cicciarelli, Paul Barron, Sweetland Center for Writing, LSA
Graduate student collaborator: Ben Gunsberg, English Language and Literature, LSA
Changing Writing Behavior for Effective Dissertation Writing

R. Charles Dershimer, Simona Goldin, Teacher Education, School of Education
Records of Practice:  Means for Engaging Students in the Examination of How the Complex and Adaptive Practices of Teaching Might be Understood and Learned.

John Ellis, Piano, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Graduate student collaborator: Jani Parsons, School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Mindfulness in College Class Piano

Alexander O. Ganago, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Graduate student collaborator: Hongwei Liao, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Student Learning in a Required Course for Non-Majors: Perception of Values for Future Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Richard Gonzalez, Psychology,LSA
Colleen Seifert, Psychology, LSA
Graduate student collaborators: Julie Maslowsky, Psychology, LSA and Igor Grossmann, Psychology, LSA
Assessing Deep Knowledge of Statistical Concepts

Michael Hortsch, Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School
Graduate student collaborators: Louisa W Holaday & Daniel Selvig, Medical School
The Influence of Classical and Electronic Educational Resources on Students' Learning Success in the First-Year Medical School Histology Component at the University of Michigan

Raji Rammuny, Near Eastern Studies, LSA
Graduate student collaborator: Liana Reading, Spencer Scoville, Near Eastern Studies, LSA
Language Learning Strategies and Student Motivation in the Arabic Classroom

Jeffrey Ringenberg, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Graduate student collaborator: Marcial Lapp, Industrial and Operations Engineering, College of Engineering
Predicting Student Achievement in a First-Year Introductory Programming Course

Theresa Tinkle, English Language and Literature, LSA
Graduate student collaborator: Daphna Atias, Ruth McAdams & Cordelia Zukerman, English Language and Literature, LSA
How Do Students Learn to Perform Close Readings of Literary Texts in a Large Lecture Course?

Patricia J. Wittkopp, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, LSA
Graduate student collaborator: Lisa Sramkoski, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, LSA
Evaluating Techniques to Improve Student Learning in a Large Lecture Genetics Course