Funded LITE Grant Projects: Faculty of Mathematics
Implementing a picture book design project in an undergraduate math course
Assessing social implications of discrimination in computing fields, assessing online versus in-person learning
Developing case studies for business forecasting
Using artistic story books to correct math misconceptions in undergraduate studies
Creating an automatic assessment tool for feedback on programming assignments
Creating comics to support learning in computer science courses
Preventing procrastination in computer science projects via early feedback
Integrating game-based learning in computer science and assessing efficacy
Research has shown that comics are beneficial to various aspects of student learning; however, there is little scholarship focusing specifically on university mathematics courses. This project aims to narrow this research gap and to introduce the use of an innovative pedagogical tool designed to augment students’ learning experience.
Studying flexible assessment and decision making in an introductory statistics course
Conducting a fully online computer science graduate seminar and assessing quality
“Mycroft” aims to enhance the AI-based Virtual Teaching Assistant (VTA) by adding conversational memory and prompts to improve accessibility, engagement, and support for students and staff in the classroom
Investigating the usage on online collaborative work and their role in reducing inequity in STEM
Examining the use of concreteness fading to improve CS courses
Piloting a competition of undergraduate video creation on statistical topics from introductory statistics courses
Implementing a case study competition, oral exams, and student feedback and reflection