VITALive
VITALive is a podcast published by Villanova Institute for Teaching and Learning (VITAL). It focuses on sharing creative teaching approaches, stories and experiences of Villanova faculty. We hope the podcast will intrigue you about what others are doing in their courses, provide food for thought, and encourage questions, conversation, and application. In short: Learning from and with each other as a teaching community.
Storybook Assignment: Cassy the Chromosome
Published March 2022
In this episode of the VITALive podcast, Dr. Christina Winterton and Madison Stewart, student, discuss an assessment method grounded in principles of student engagement that was implemented in a Mendel Science Experience course, MSE 2203, Heredity and Human Affairs, Fall 2021.
Recording Date: December 2021
Guest Introduction
Dr. Christina Winterton is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Biology. Ms. Madison Stewart is a second-year student majoring in Political Science.
Resources
- Storybook Assignment Guidelines - with permission
- Cassy the Chromosome-Storybook by Madison Stewart - with permission
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