CFD CFD Research & Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Question 1

Who is credited with originating the concept of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and distinguishing it from the scholarship of discovery?

Accepted Answer

Ernest Boyer

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Lee Shulman

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Parker Palmer

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Mary Taylor Huber

Question 2

Which characteristic most distinguishes SoTL from good teaching?

Accepted Answer

SoTL is made public and open to peer review and critique

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SoTL uses only quantitative methods

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SoTL focuses exclusively on graduate-level courses

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SoTL requires external grant funding

Question 3

A faculty developer supports an instructor who wants to study whether collaborative note-taking improves student exam scores. Which research design is most appropriate for an introductory SoTL study?

Accepted Answer

Quasi-experimental pre/post design within a single course section

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Randomized controlled trial across 50 institutions

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Ethnographic fieldwork over three years

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Systematic literature review only

Question 4

When faculty conduct SoTL research in their own classrooms, which ethical obligation is most critical to address with an Institutional Review Board (IRB)?

Accepted Answer

Managing the inherent power differential between instructor-researcher and student-participant

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Ensuring all participants are US citizens

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Publishing results only in open-access journals

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Securing a minimum sample size of 200 students

Question 5

Which SoTL framework uses the questions 'What works?', 'What is?', 'What could be?', and 'What is valued?' to help faculty frame their inquiry?

Accepted Answer

Hutchings' Taxonomy of SoTL Questions

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Bass's Pedagogical Paradox

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Felten's Five Principles of Good SoTL

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Angelo & Cross's Classroom Assessment Techniques

Question 6

Which outlet is most appropriate for disseminating SoTL findings to a broad audience of higher education faculty developers?

Accepted Answer

The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning or Teaching & Learning Inquiry

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A departmental memo circulated internally

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A personal blog with no peer review

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Only presentations at discipline-specific conferences