2009 Title V Symposium Information

Northwest Vista College/ University of the Incarnate Word
Title V Symposium on Active/Collaborative Learning was held on April 3, 2009.

Session presentation materials

• A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Using Video and Photos to Teach and Evaluate Learning by Dr. Ruth Moore
• The Effects of Enrollment in Development al Mathematics Upon Student Achievement in College Geometry by Dr. Paul Messina, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
• Utilizing Games to Enhance Collaborative Learning by by Dr.. Tracie Edmond, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Ms. Theresa Tiggeman, Professor of Accounting

2008 Title V Symposiusm

A Symposium on best practices in engaging students in learning was held on April 4, 2008 with Keynote Speaker, Dr. Vincent Tinto.

Dr. Tinto is chair of the higher education program at Syracuse University. Professor Tinto’s research deals with student persistence and attainment in higher education. His recent book, Taking Student Retention Seriously, presents current research on student retention and applies it to practical institutional issues, especially classroom teaching.

Sponsored by:

Title V Collaborative Grant

University of the Incarnate Word

Northwest Vista College

Resources below are in PDF format

• Welcome by Dr. Tinto
  • Recommended readings by Dr. Tinto are available here.
• Session presentation materials
  • A Culture of Caring: Readucing Anxiety and Increasing Engagement in First-Year Foreign Language Courses by Michael Tallon
  • Engaging Biology, Religious Studies, and Arabic Students through the Holy Land Garden by Richard S. Peigler, Sister Martha Ann Kirk, Rolla Alaydi
  • Shazam: Empower Your Students! by Laura Padgett
    • Slides
  • Collaborative Learning in Quantitative Classes: A Tale of Two Accounting Professors by Tracie Edmond and Theresa Tiggeman
  • Language and Education: Key Factors in the Acculturation of Meican Americans from Rural Communities by Carlos C. Pena
• Symposium attendee list