Faculty Fellows Events

Determining Sample Size When Planning a Quantitative Study

“How many subjects do I need for my study”? This is one of the most important (and frequently asked) questions a quantitative researcher needs to answer before conducting a study.  A study with too few subjects (or participants) may fail to produce useful findings, whereas a study with too many subjects can waste time and resources.
           
If you conduct quantitative research or plan to do so in the future and want to learn more about how to make informed sample size decisions, please plan to attend this “lunch and learn” session.

Participants attending this session will learn:

The role of effect size, alpha level, and statistical power in identifying the appropriate sample size
Why the choice of statistical procedures can affect sample size requirements
How to estimate target sample size for hypothetical scenarios through a practice exercise

Presented by Dr. Susan Hutchinson, CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow , Department of Applied Statistics and Research Methods

Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

Use and Interpretation of Effect Size in Quantitative Research

Journals in numerous fields including psychology, education, public health, and business currently require that effect size estimates be included along with p-values when reporting statistical results.  Yet, the concept of effect size remains a mystery to many researchers.

If you are among those who have lost countless hours of sleep pondering the notion of effect size, or if you simply wish to gain a better understanding of what effect sizes are and how they can aid in interpreting your statistical findings, please attend this “lunch and learn” session.

During the session participants will learn:

The meaning of effect size and why effect size is useful
Different types of effect size estimates and when to use them
How to interpret effect size in conjunction with p-values, or,
What effect size tells you that p-values don’t

Presented by Dr. Susan Hutchinson, CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow , Department of Applied Statistics and Research Methods

Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

All the Classroom's a Stage: Techniques for Perfecting Your Performance

Interested in perfecting your classroom performance? By using a technique called interactive theatre, workshop participants will engage in a staged instruction session riddled with problems. Attendees will have unique opportunities to stop the action, rewind the scene, and actively alter the plot while putting their own teaching techniques to the test.  The staged classroom experience will facilitate dialogue about missteps in the classroom and generate reflection upon one’s own teaching. We all want to receive standing ovations for our performances; this workshop will help you get there!

Participants will be presented with common pedagogical diffculties in order to assess possible resolutions. Participants will test various teaching techniques in order to facilitate an improved instruction session and will experience an innovative method of initiating evaluative dialogue in order to stimulate pedagogical improvement.

Presented by Andrea Falcone, CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow for University Libraries

Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

Making the Grade: An Interactive Panel on Proven Grading Practices and Effective Techniques

Ready for grading? Want to minimize the amount of time you spend grading? Looking for tips about general grading practices happening on campus? Grading functions to motivate, credential, and assess student learning in formative and summative ways. But how we grade makes a difference. This interactive faculty panel, presented by the CETL Teaching and Learning Fellows, will share innovative and tested approaches for grading student work that will be of practical use as you grade current students and fine-tune your syllabi for next term.

Presented by Dr. Sharon Clinebell, Professor Andrea Falcone, Dr. Susan Hutchinson,Dr. Nancy Matchett, Dr. Robert Reinsvold and facilitated by Dr. Deborah Romero

Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

I'll Show you Mine if You Show Me Yours! A Collegial Look at Final Exams

Many of us strive to write final exams that provide our students with meaningful learning opportunities and ourselves with information we need to assess student learning and assign final grades. But some of us have more experience than others! And we probably use a variety of strategies for writing questions and deciding what our exam format should be. Our students often have no idea how much time and energy faculty put into these decisions, but we all do. So let's get together for lunch and see if we can provide some mutual support.

Please bring your curiosity and a copy of an exam you're really satisfied with or an exam you'd like to improve. There's no agenda here: just a hope that we can learn something together!

Presented by Dr. Nancy Matchett, CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow and Dr Chris Talbot

Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

Teaching Roundtable: Online Student Evaluations

Presented by:  Sharon Clinebell, CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow

Sponsored by CETL. Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

Framing the Way: An Educator's Guide to Philosophical Ethics, with Practical Implications for Instruction and Course Design

Have you ever struggled to articulate the ethical values or principles that inform your courses and discipline? Or been surprised when someone questioned your classroom practices for reasons that may not strike you as having to do with ethics at all? Would you like to find ways to help students think more critically and constructively when ethical issues arise during class discussion? Or to design learning activities that facilitate genuine deliberation about ethical issues rather than simple assertions of personal points of view?

This workshop will briefly introduce you to three conceptual frameworks that at least implicitly structure most people's ethical thinking. But the main aim is to demonstrate how explicit attention to these frameworks can help you more accurately identify your own and others' ethical commitments and more effectively deliberate about how to resolve potential conflicts among them.

Can't make it? Contact nancy Matchett for one-on-one consultation: nancy.matchett@unco.edu; ext: 1-1567. You can learn a little bit more about her work at: http://www.unco.edu/ethics/our_activities.html

Presented by:  Nancy Matchett, HSS CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow and Director of UNC's Institute of Professional Ethics

Sponsored by CETL. Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu

Teaching Roundtable: How Can I Promote Deep, Lasting Sudent Learning?

Presented by:  Sharon Clinebell, CETL Teaching & Learning Fellow

Sponsored by CETL. Reservation preferred,  please contact berniece.mitchell@unco.edu