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Reports from previous recipients

This page features some of the Small Grant final reports from previous year. Please be aware that not all final reports are shown here.

2010-2011 Reports

• Examining the effect of adding service learning to an introductory special education course by Beth A. Bader* (PI), Kimberly R. Dell*, Lynn E. Pelco**, & Susan P. McKelvey*, *School of Education and **Division of Community Engagement
• Beyond the text: Richmond cultural institutions and the VCU Core Curriculum by Catherine Ingrassia, Department of English
• Establishing a student-staffed service-learning based PR agency: Bring the public relations capstone experience to the cutting edge by Yan Jin, School of Mass Communications
• Development of an assistive technology course: A hands-on approach by Dianne Pawluk, Department of Biomedical Engineering [final report forthcoming]
  
• Implementation of an on-line alternative to introductory chemistry Using ALEKS by Deborah L. Polo, Department of Chemistry
• Teaching applied demography for social science majors by Li Zhang, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs

2009-2010 Reports

• Physiology lab: An active learning approach by Helena Carvahlo (PI), Crystal West, Necrisha Roach, & Wendy Calchary, Physiology and Biophysics
• Green mapping as a decision-making tool for sustainable urban planning by Meghan Gough, Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
• Promoting clinical statistics literacy of Emergency Medicine resident by technology-enhanced formative assessment strategies by Penny Reynolds, Emergency Medicine
• Development of an interprofessional education experience in a primary care teaching clinic by Brigitte Sicat (PI) , Christine Huynh, Sallie Mayer, & Rita Willett, Pharmacy and Internal Medicine
• Historic Richmond cemeteries: Going beyond the classroom by Ryan Smith, History
• Get your mojo working: Preparing mobile journalist for today's newsrooms by Jeffrey South, School of Mass Communications
• Improving the mathematics graduate student teacher training workshop by Dewey Taylor (PI) & Richard Hammack, Mathematics
• Teaching nanotechnology via community outreach at the Science Museum of Virginia by Vamsi Yadavalli, Chemical & Life Science Engineering

2008-2009 Reports

• Innovative Pedagogical Approach to Teaching Transportation Modeling Course by Xueming Chen, Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, College of Humanities and Sciences
• CoEd411.com by Bonnie Davis, School of Mass Communications, College of Humanities and Sciences
• PDA Clinical Documentation System: A Pilot Study for Radiation Sciences Programs by M. Ferrell Justice. Department of Radiation Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions
• New Approaches to Teaching Linear Algebra by Craig Larson, Department of Mathematics, College of Humanities and Sciences
• Who is Professor Green? Affordable Housing and Sustainable Building by Laura Middlebrooks, Spanish Program, School of World Studies, College of Humanities and Sciences
• Open-Source Textbook Publishing by Lon Mitchell and Richard Hammack, Department of Mathematics, College of Humanities and Sciences
• Teaching Internships for Dance Majors by Melanie Richards, Department of Dance and Choreography, School of the Arts

2007-2008 Reports

• Enhancing Student Engagement and Critical Thinking During Chaplain Intern Orientation by Alexander Tartaglia, School of Allied Health Professions
• Visualization and Computation for 21st Century Junior Engineers by Amy L. Throckmorton, School of Engineering
• Wiki Usage in the Creation of Learning Objects in Art Education by Sara Wilson McKay, School of the Arts
• The Use of Standardized Patients in the Competency Testing of First Year Physical Therapy Students by Dixie H. Bowman, School of Allied Health Professions

Please be aware- the projects from 2001 to 2006 were awarded using criteria different from this year's awards. Please do not use the reports from 2001 - 2006 as a benchmark for this year's awards.

2006 Reports

• Introduction to Human Geography:  Responding to Course Evolution with Strategies for Successful Student Engagement by Helen Ruth Aspaas, L.D.Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
• The Power of Calculus When Applied to Chemistry and Allied Sciences by G. Wesley Childress, College of Humanities and Sciences
• Learner-Centered Teaching in a Pharmacy Course by “Annie” Kai I. Cheang and all course instructors of PHAR 744 Spring 2007, School of Pharmacy
• Increasing Non-traditional Students’ Engagement in Academic Work with Tablet PC Feedback in Hybrid Special Education Graduate Courses by Yaoying Xu,  School of Education
• Innovative Approaches to Teaching Communication Skills to Nursing Students by Jean Ellen Zavertnik and Tanya A. Huff, School of Nursing

2005 Reports

• Communication Skill Development for Dental and Dental Hygiene Students by Sharon K. Lanning
• Evidence-Based Resident Psychotherapy Education by Drs. Robert K. Schneider, J. Randy Thomas, William T. Nay, & Katherine C. Smith; Division of Ambulatory Psychiatry
• A Multidisciplinary Clinical Teaching Workshop by Brigitte L. Sicat, Pharmacy
• Simulation Based Video Teaching Interventions Chuck Biddle, Nurse Anesthesia
• Team-based learning summary by Shannon Mitchell
• Virtual Learning Portfolio by Pamela G. Taylor, Art Education
• A Mobile Robot to Enhance Engagement and Learning for Two Engineering Courses by Kam K. Leang
• Exploring Visual Culture with Digital Technology: Web-Based Instructional Modules for Art History Courses by Dina Bangdel, of Art History

2004 Reports

• Creation, Development and Implementation of a Media Diversity Course by Dr. Clarence W. Thomas, Mass Communications
• Determine the effectiveness of problem-based learning in a Counselor Education course by Kimberly R. Hall
• Engaging Students in Analytical and Proactive Thinking Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology by I-Shian (Ivan) Suen, Urban and Regional Planning
• Insite Electronic Portfolio Evaluation in the Writing Program (Eng 101 & Eng 200) by Faye Prichard, English
• [Large size monitors] by Deb Wenger, Mass Communications
• Modification of the Assessment Series in Graduate Studies for the Department of Psychology by Terri N. Sullivan and Rosalie A. Corona, Psychology
• Multi-modal teaching and research in art education by Dr. Mary Jane Zander, Art Education
• Workshop to Create an Integrated Approach to Movement Training for Actors by VCU Department of Theatre

2003 Reports

• Enhancing Faculty Teaching Effectiveness related to Social Justice and Diversity by Elizabeth Cramer
• Production and Distribution of Instructional Video for Safe and Effective Central Venous Cannulation by Curtis N. Sessler, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine

2002 Reports

• Prevention Needs Assessment for City of Richmond by Faye Z. Belgrave, Psychology
• Redesigning the First-Year Sequence (101-102) in Foreign Languages by Paul F. Dvorak, World Studies

2001 Reports

• A Virtual Laboratory Experience in Chronic Mental Illness by Isaac K. Wood, Psychiatry
• Development of a Writing Intensive Course for the Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research by Jill R. Hardin and W. Scott Street, IV
• Adapting the Grameen Bank Philosophy to Introduction to Human Geography by Dr. Helen Ruth Aspaas, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
• Incorporating Computer-Based Learning into a General Education Statistics Course (STAT 208) by Dr. James E. Mays, Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Anatomy for the Dancer Web Course by Ms. Judith Steel, Department of Dance Choreography

 

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