{"148781":{"#nid":"148781","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Engaging Conversations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt is easy for students to slip into a \u201cplug and chug\u201d mentality when the focus of coursework is on quantitative and analytical problem solving and testing is geared toward numeric answers.\u0026nbsp; What can you do to help students develop the conceptual understanding that is key to mstering a content area?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;This session will highlight how two faculty are incorporating writing in homework assignments, exam questions, and out-of-class experiments in order to promote learning.\u0026nbsp; Come join the conversation about the strategies they\u2019re using, the grading rubric they\u2019ve developed, and what their research findings suggest.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUsing Technical Writing as a Tool\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Eto Promote Conceptual Understanding\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELakeshia Taite, Assistant Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECarsten Sievers, Assistant Professor\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo register, go to: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?id=74\u0026amp;reset=1\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/civicrm\/event\/info?id=74\u0026amp;reset=1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin this brown-bag-luncheon series on the first Wednesday of each month from noon to 1:00 and find out what faculty are doing to engage Georgia Tech students in learning.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Engaging Conversations"}],"uid":"27276","created_gmt":"2012-08-22 15:32:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:59:37","author":"Felicia Turner","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-09-05T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-09-05T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-09-05T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-09-05 17:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-09-05 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-09-05 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1268","name":"Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFelicia Turner\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:felicia.turner@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Efelicia.turner@cetl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-9418\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}