Become a reflective teacher-scholar with a community of your peers
Teaching-As-Research
Teaching-as-Research (TAR), the reflective use of research methods to improve teaching and student learning, is at the heart of CIRTL. In this seminar, participants learn to become reflective teacher-scholars by asking questions about student learning and developing a small, classroom research project.
The variety of topics you can delve into once you start to get interested in how people learn will completely change your perspective about the classroom.
-Student, Spring 2024 Course Survey
Interested students must either have their CIRTL Associate certification or equivalent knowledge to take this seminar. You do not need to be actively teaching a course, but you must be willing to work with a faculty member on a project.
If you're interested in participating in the Teaching-as-Research Seminar, currently offered each spring, contact Kristin Winet.
University of Arizona TAR Projects
See some of the research questions TAR participants have investigated or explore the full archive of projects and get inspired to create your own.
Discovering Math on Their Own
Do students in a basic math course learn effectively if they are taught to discover the math principles on their own?
Sean Zhu, Mathematics
Effective Math Learning Through Discovery
Evolution & Pre-Med Students
Does the use of medically-relevant examples in learning activities improve comprehension of concepts in evolutionary biology for pre-med students?
Geoffry Finch Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Medically Relevant Activities in Evolution Education
Weekly Written Reflections and Course Grade Improvement
During a 7-week COMM 300 course, do students demonstrate mastery of content through an increase in whole-course-grade averages when they complete weekly personal low stakes reflection assignments on various communication theories compare to a previous semester course?
Heather Gahler, Communications
Reflecting on Theory: How Personal Reflections Aid Application of Communication Theories