CPR Symposium 2007


Themes

Effective CPR Assignments

Keynote Speaker: Kimberely A. Woznack, California University of Pennsylvania

What characterizes a CPR assignment that works? What have been your most successful assignments? What kinds of learning do your assignments seek to facilitate? How have your assignments evolved as a result of your experience? What challenges have you encountered in the creation of CPR assignments?

Successful Implementation of CPR

Keynote Speaker: Steve Balfour, Texas A&M University

What strategies do you use to implement CPR in your courses? What challenges have you encountered and how have your overcome them? How do you help students accept their peers' review of their work as legitimate? How do you help students learn to use the calibration questions to help them recognize quality work?

CPR Research

Keynote Speaker: Briana Timmerman, USC

What research have you conducted regarding effectiveness of CPR for improving writing, critical thinking, and/or conceptual understanding? What research have you conducted regarding student acceptance of CPR? What are your methods? What are your findings?