Fostering Interactive Learning in a Large Science Course
and Methodically Measuring the Effects

Valerie’s innate interest in teaching found form and expression in the campus SOTL initiative. Her project is a “Child of SOTL”, conceived, born, and nurtured to scholarly product within the campus initiative.

“Scaffolding” facilitated her acquisition of the concepts and resources needed to carry out her study. Valerie’s initial presentation of her work to peers was of interest to many both for the pedagogical techniques she employed and for her means of assessing their effects.

Valerie describes the launch of her project.

Powerpoint presentation of the complete study

E-mail to Valerie

Details of Valerie O’Loughlin’s study are considered later in the tutorial in Questions, Designs, and Methods (Unit3 B, page 1).

Valerie Dean O’Loughlin
Medical Sciences