Vol. 17, No. 22	March 5, 1998

13 grants support enhanced teaching projects

Thirteen projects aimed at enhancing teaching and learning have received Instructional Improvement Grants for the 1997-98 academic year from the Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE). These grants are designed to provide seed funding for faculty instructional projects that significantly enhance aspects of teaching and learning at the departmental and college levels.

All proposals were peer reviewed by CTE faculty advisory committees in both general and technology categories.

The following grants have been awarded in the general category:

• Interdisciplinary Freshman Writing-Mark Amsler, Ann Ardis and Kristen Poole, English; William Idsardi, linguistics; and George Watson, physics and astronomy, $5,000;

• Teacher-Generated Narratives for Preservice Teacher Training in Secondary Transition Issues-Laura Eisenman, educational studies, $3,460;

• Course Development: Women and the Economy-Saul Hoffman, economics, $3,000;

• Student Volunteerships-April Veness, geography, $2,000; and

• First Aid and Health "Kamp for Kids"-Judith Herrman and Lisa Plowfield, nursing, $1,000.

• Creating CD ROMs to Provide Continuity of Technology Utilization-Paul Sammelwitz, animal and food sciences, $4,500;

• Training Videos for Course in Electronic Communication Skills-John Courtright and Elizabeth Perse, communication, $3,000;

• Chemistry 527 Web Page-Eugene Mueller, chemistry and biochemistry, $2,500;

• Advanced Multimedia Modules-Ronald Cole, Joseph DiGregorio, James Lynch and James Myers, hotel, restaurant and institutional managment, $1,800;

• Pilot Testing of Web-Based Instruction-Cheng-Sun Fan (Richard) and Yang-Ming (Martin) Lo, nutrition and dietetics, $1,000;

• Contemporary Art Images-Karen Butler, art, $800;

• Supporting Teacher-Designed Instructional Interactive Webs-Eugene Matusov, educational studies, $600; and

In addition to improvement of instruction grants, the center awarded Travel or Instructional Supplement grants to the following faculty members:

Robert Brown, honors program;
Thomas Creaven, biological sciences;
David Edwards, mathematical sciences;
Steven Hastings, food and resource economics;
Robert Hodson, biology;
Fran Mayhew, consumer studies;
Nancy McCagney, marine studies;
James Morrison, consumer studies;
Joseph Noggle, chemistry;
Debra Norris, art conservation;
Alvina Quintana, English;
Dorry Ross, Writing Center;
Daniel Shade, individual and family studies;
Deborah Steinberger, foreign languages and literatures; and
April Veness, geography.