Pedagogical Research Collection (2000 - present)
The CTE maintains a collection of peer-reviewed articles and proceedings on pedagogy by Rice-affiliated researchers. Access the collection and read about the the research project that led to its development.
Recent Pedagogy-related Publications by Rice-affiliated Researchers
The following articles and abstracts have been published since 2023:
Beason-Abmayr, B., & Caprette, D. R. (2025). Metabolic scaling: Exploring the relation between metabolic rate and body size. Advances in Physiology Education, 49(6), 273–279. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00171.2024
Barman, A. (2024). A novel near-peer mentoring model involving doctoral students in an interdisciplinary client-facing project-based learning course. Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE61694.2024.10893381
Barman, A. (2024). Effectiveness of implementing team contracts in a client-sponsored project-based learning course. Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE61694.2024.10893567
Barman, A., Chen, S., & Allen, G. I. (2024). Evaluating individual contributions in teams for project-based learning in data science. Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE61694.2024.10893455
Beason-Abmayr, B. (2024). Does ungrading promote student engagement and learning in Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)? APS Teaching Section Teaching, Learning and Testing in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, American Physiology Summit 2024, Physiology 39(S1). https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2024.39.S1.695
Hutchinson, J. S., Tran Lu, L., & Kincaid, K. (2024). Relating bond orders and bond energies to ionization energies and electron affinities: A quantitative approach. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(8), 3233–3239. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00201
Kabiri, L., Barber, C., McCabe, T., & Rodriguez, A. (2024). Student performance and exam quality in student- versus instructor-created exams in human physiology. HAPS Educator, 28(2), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.21692/haps.2024.011
Kakdas, Y. C., Kockara, S., Halic, T., & Demirel, D. (2024). Enhancing medical training through learning from mistakes by interacting with an ill-trained reinforcement learning agent. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 17, 1236–1248. https://doi.org/10.1109/tlt.2024.3372508
Nuñez, N., Pipaón Fernández, N., Iosub, V., McIndoe, J. S., & Kobylianskii, K. (2024). A brilliantly simple classroom response system. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(9), 4005–4010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00771
Pham, M. L., Nguyen, A., & Schreib, R. (2024). MemStep: An interactive tool for constructing and visualizing the run-time memory layout of Java programs. Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 1, 541–547. https://doi.org/10.1145/3649217.3653532
Picht, T., Roethe, A., Kersting, K., Burzlaff, M., Le Calvé, M., Schenk, R., Chakkalakal, D., Vajkoczy, P., & Ostherr, K. (2024). Conceptualisation and implementation of a competency-based Multidisciplinary course for medical students in Neurosurgery. Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 15, 565–573. https://doi.org/10.2147/amep.s443981
Tran Lu, L., Clements, K. A., Obenland, C. A., Kincaid, K., Munson, A. H., & Hutchinson, J. S. (2024). A comparative study of two active learning approaches for General Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 101(12), 5183–5191. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00638
Wang, W., & Yeh, M. (2024). The effect of instruction on the development of L2 interactional competence: Listener responses in Chinese as a second language. System, 127, 103511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103511
Beason-Abmayr, B. (2023). The fictional animal project: A flexible tool for helping students learn physiology. APS Teaching Section Teaching, Learning and Testing in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences, American Physiology Summit 2023, Physiology 38(S1). https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2023.38.S1.5732003
Downey, R. M., Stokes, J. A., & Beason-Abmayr, B. (2023). 2022 American Physiological Society Institute on Teaching and Learning: Diversity, equity, and inclusion matters in higher education and STEM teaching. Advances in Physiology Education, 47(2), 265–269. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00009.2023
Lian, A.-P., & Sangarun, P. (2023). Rhizomatic Learning Systems and precision language education. New Directions in Rhizomatic Learning, 119–141. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003376378-11
Mackiewicz, M. R., Hosbein, K. N., Mason, D., & Ajjarapu, R. (2023). Integrating scientific growth and professional development skills in research environments to aid in the persistence of marginalized students. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(1), 199–208. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00633
Vandegrift, E., Andrews, C. M., Beason-Abmayr, B., Moiseff, A., O’Neal, M. H., Pires, D. B., Robinow, S., & Brenner, T. J. (2023). Developing collaborative solutions to teaching challenges. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning Journal, 15(3). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.26209/td2023vol15iss31752
Wallum, A., Liu, Z., Lee, J., Chatterjee, S., Tauzin, L., Barr, C. D., Browne, A., Landes, C. F., Nicely, A. L., & Gruebele, M. (2023). An Instrument assembly and data science lab for early undergraduate education. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(5), 1866–1876. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c01072
Yeh, M., & Hsu, W. (2023). Using authentic doctor–patient consultations in improving communication skills. Foreign Language Annals, 56(2), 428–452. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12673
Current Projects
Rice faculty and staff are engaged in a variety of innovative teaching research projects! See examples of faculty members' current pedagogical research on our Current Projects page.
Submit Your Work!
If your work is missing from the collection and you would like to include it, please update your CTE profile and provide the DOI for your published article or proceedings abstract. We will update the collection and this site annually.
If you would like to share other pedagogical materials (e.g., syllabus, teaching statement, teaching conference poster or presentation slides) in the CTE collection within Fondren Library's Rice Research Repository, please review these instructions and contact Catherine Barber (cb88@rice.edu) with any questions.