Director, Academy for Teaching and Learning
313 Dowdy Building  
North Carolina A&T State University
1601 East Market Street  
Greensboro, NC  27411
simkinss@ncat.edu 

Phone: 336.334.7705, ext. 2237
Fax: 336.334.7136 

Academy for Teaching and Learning (ATL)
 

The North Carolina A&T State University Academy for Teaching and Learning (ATL) promotes effective teaching pedagogies, innovative use of instructional technology, and classroom-based research through its programs and services.  For more information see the ATL web site.

National Science Foundation Research Projects

" Implications of STEM Discipline Research for       Instructional Innovation and Assessment in       Economic Education"

This project explores the adaptability of innovative STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) discipline teaching pedagogies and assessment techniques into economics. More broadly, the project seeks to promote cross-disciplinary conversations about effective teaching and learning and the development of communities of practice exploring effective teaching and assessment practices across disciplines. The three-year project (DUE #04-11037) started in fall, 2004.

For more information contact Scott Simkins (North Carolina A&T State University) or Mark Maier (Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA), co-PIs for the project.

"Just-in-TimeTeaching (JiTT) Pedagogy in the       Principles of Economics Course"

JiTTEcon  focuses on adapting "just-in-time teaching" (JiTT) techniques developed in physics education for the principles of economics course.  The initial project (DUE #00-88303) was conducted during 2001-2004 and includes an extensive JiTTEcon web site with examples, research results, and information about JiTT pedagogy.

For more information contact Scott Simkins (North Carolina A&T State University) or Mark Maier (Glendale Community College, Glendale, CA), co-PIs for the project.

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