Funded LITE Grant Projects: Student Wellbeing and Success

Investigating the benefits of incorporating the MLSQ for first year students

Developing a framework for the observation and evaluation of student behaviours during in-class active learning activities.

Evaluation of the efficacy of wellness checks in a demanding program like pharmacy

Piloting an undergraduate mental health literacy course and assessing its efficacy in information retention, stigma, and resilience

Examines the effect on students of participating in an academic course centred around the experiential learning and practice of mindfulness.

Building a foundation for a Community of Practice regarding contemplative pedagogy

Design co-teaching strategies and materials for two weeks of both GSJ 3xx and 101

Examining student’s experiences and successes in Tourism courses

Creating scaffolding for safe and collaborative learning

Studying the effects of second language writing consultations on student self-assessment

Creating a non-credit course for studying best practices for English Language Competencies, specifically discipline related extracurricular activities

Assessing ways to provide feedback and address core needs of students to improve their writing skills and piloting workshops based on instructor needs

This project seeks to investigate the potential SLICCs hold within the University of Waterloo (UW) context by adapting, piloting and evaluating the framework within three work-integrated learning (WIL) focused courses, and exploring its potential for use in other UW learning contexts.

Examining the effects of good writing habits on apprehension, self-efficacy, and self-assessment surrounding a writing assignment in an introductory health writing course

Examining the effects of mindfulness practices in a health studies writing course

Redesigning how faculty teaches difficult (bottleneck) concepts in tax courses

Interviewing and surveying instructors and students about their teamwork skills and attitudes

Creation and assessment of a data literacy online learning platform for environment students

Investigating the potential for enhancing online learning at UW through Interpolated testing

Working with Indigenous and Western knowledge relations in building just and sustainable futures.

Assessing the efficacy of the Student Success Offices’ Skills tutorials on improved grades, answer clarity, and impact variation based on past success or lack thereof

Examining the effects of student learning groups on the success and perceptions surrounding their efficacy

Developing two modules to provide TAs with resources to support both students’ mental health and their own

Developing and assessing software applications to measure student engagement

Partnering first- and third-year seminar students to improve the knowledge integration and sense of identity in these students

Testing the benefit of addressing students’ interview nervousness as physiological adaptation immediately before a co-op interview

Analyze the quantitative and qualitative data related to inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) that were collected from course learners and instructors.

Identifying threshold concepts in organized sport leadership

Using theatre students to simulate therapy sessions for viewing by psychology students, allowing both fields to gain experiential learning opportunities that may otherwise be lacking

Investigating the impact of giving students choices in the classroom on their learning and engagement

Exploring how problem-based learning is received by students

Instituting supported learning groups for historically difficult courses

Examining the empathy-based pedagogy in the faculty of engineering to enact improvements

Evaluating how the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Recreation and Leisure Studies (RLS) courses impacts student success and accessibility.

Assessing the impact of creative or “making” activities and platforms as a “Third Space” used for bridging personal and professional identities on minoritized students’ sense of self and sense of belonging.

Investigating the use of disability disclosure strategies in co-operative education and the subsequent workplace outcomes

Using the creation of a “science identity” to address the underrepresentation of certain demographics in STEM