The Office of Undergraduate Studies and Center for Teaching Excellence Abstracts for Improvement of Instruction Grants Proposals (2006-2007) The Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Center for Teaching Excellence are pleased to announce the recipients of the Improvement of Instruction Grants (IIG) program for the 2006-2007 academic year. Click on the title of the abstract to view its contents. Faculty Learning Community for the Study of the African Diaspora Faedra Carpenter and  Heather S. Nathans David C. Driskell Center Developing a New Study Abroad Course to Chile, for Winter-term 2007 Johnna Schmidt Jimenez-Porter Writers' House Enhancements Designed to Motivate Math 113 Students and Increase the Success Rate in Math 113, Math 220 and Beyond Jacqueline Stone Department of Mathematics Civic Engagement and Leadership Opportunities: What's Going On in Classrooms Across Campus? Linda L. Moghadam Sociology Undergraduate Program Department of Sociology The Service Learning in Communication Experiences (SLICE) Leah Waks Department of Communication Clickers for Math 140 Denny Gulick Department of Mathematics Development of an On-campus Course: Latin American Cultural Jacqueline Wallen, Ph.D. Department of Family Studies Audio-Visual Analysis of TA Application of POGIL in the CHEM 132 Laboratory Maryann McDermott Jones Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Clicking to Engage the masses: Development of Best Practices and a Question Database for Use in Scientific Education Deb Boehmler, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Bonnie Dixon, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Ann C. Smith, Department of Biology Experiencing Economics: Active Learning in Agricultural Economics Barrett E. Kirwan Department of Agricultural Resource Economics Contact CTE for further questions.

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