We are a group of scholars based in Japan who are interested in the field of Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER). The goal of this journal club is to stay engaged in this research area by discussing relevant literature. We welcome scholars from a wide range of disciplines.

Our meetings are biweekly and currently held in hybrid format. Online attendance is via Zoom.

If you are interested in joining us for discussion please contact James Ellinger:

 j{hyphen}ellinger {at} nms.ac.jp 

or

Alexandra Terashima: aterashima{at}g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Upcoming  readings:

Monday May 13, 2024 (James Ellinger)

Fateh et al. (2042)

Small Group Conversations in a POGIL-Based Class: How English Learners Engage in a Joint Knowledge Construction Process to Reach a Shared Understanding 

The Journal Chemical Education, 3(101), 741-752

Previous readings:

2024

Monday April 22, 2024 (Greg Dalziel)

Shim and Pelaez (2022)

Getting by with a Little Help from Friends: A Qualitative Case Study of Students’ Strategies for Coping with Failure in an Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Course. 

CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(2), ar17,1-21


Monday April 8, 2024 (Alexandra Terashima)

Shaffer and Ringsby (2024)

Student Advice for Success in High Structure Science and Engineering Courses

Journal of College Science Teaching, 53(2), 162–169


Tuesday March 26, 2024 (Tito Akindele)

Garg and Dougherty (2022)

Education Surges When Students Learn Together

Inside Higher Ed, May 24, 2022


Wednesday March 13, 2024 (Alexandra Terashima)

Beck and Roosa (2020)

Designing High Structure Courses to Promote Student Engagement

Journal of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society, 24(2), 58-63


Friday January 26, 2024 (James Ellinger)

Langer, Binder, Scigliano (2021)

Long-term Outcomes of team-based learning

The Clinical Teacher, 18, 290-294


Friday January 12, 2024 (Tito Akindele)

DeGlopper, Russ, Sutar, and Stoew (2023)

Beliefs versus resources: a tale of two models of epistemology

Chemical Education Research and Practice, 24, 768-784

2023

Friday December 15, 2023 (Alexandra Terashima)

Concepción and Eflin (2009)

Enabling Change: Transformative and Transgressive Learning in Feminist Ethics and Epistemology

Teaching Philosphy, 32(2), 177-198


Friday November 24, 2023 (James Ellinger)

Ito and Takeuchi (2020)

The demise of active learning even before its implementation? Instructors’ understandings and application of this approach within Japanese higher education

Education Inquiry, 13(2), 185-204


Friday Novermber 10, 2023 (Tyrone Ghampson)

Dewaele and Li (2021)

Teacher enthusiasm and students’ social-behavioral learning engagement: The mediating role of student enjoyment and boredom in Chinese EFL classes

Language Teaching Research, 25(6), 922-945


Wednesday October 18, 2023 (Alexandra Terashima)

Deora, Rivera, Sarkar, Betancourt, and Wickstrom (2020)

Combining Flipped Classroom with POGIL in an Urban Community College Setting: A Pilot Study

Education, 10(1), 19-23


Monday October 2, 2023 (Tito Akindele)

Alasadi and Baiz (2023)

Generative AI in Education and Research: Opportunities, Concerns, and Solutions

Journal of Chemical Education, 100(8), 2965–2971


Wednesday July 19, 2023 (Alexandra Terashima)

Turnbull (2019)

Translanguaging in the planning of academic and creative writing: A case of adult Japanese EFL learners

Bilingual Research Journal, 42(2), 232-251


Wednesday June 21, 2023 (James Ellinger)

Deslauriers, McCarty, Miller, Callaghgan, and Kestin (2019)

Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (39), 19251-19257


Tuesday May 30, 2023 (Tito Akindele)

Meadows, Stricklan, Simon, Chaffin, Kloepper, and Stanga (2023)

Ten Minutes a Semester: Evaluation of a Short Wellness Intervention for Undergraduate Chemistry and Biology Courses

Journal of Chemical Education, 100, 638-646


Wednesday May 17, 2023 (Alexandra Terashima)

Murray (2014)

Teaching students to read the primary literature using POGIL activities

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 42(2), 165-173


Wednesday April 25, 2023 (James Ellinger)

Yan (2023)

Impact of ChatGPT on learners in a L2 writing practicum: An exploratory investigation

Education and Information Technologies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-023-11742-4


Wednesday April 12, 2023 (Tito Akindele)

Humphry and Fuller (2023)

Potential ChatGPT Use in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories

Journal of Chemical Education Article ASAP, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00006


Wednesday March 29, 2023 (Alexandra Terashima)

Krishnan, Gerhrtz, Lemons, Dolan, Brickman, and Andrews (2022)

Guides to Advance Teaching Evaluation (GATEs): A Resource for STEM Departments Planning Robust and Equitable Evaluation Practices

CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(3), r42, 1–15


Wednesday March 16, 2023 (James Ellinger)

Allagui (2022)

Facilitating Creativity through Multimodal Writing: An Examination of Students’ Choices and Perceptions

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications, 9(1), 108-129


Wednesday February 22, 2023 (Tito Akindele)

Kerr (2017)

How much time should we give to speaking practice?

Part of the Cambridge Papers in ELT series. [pdf] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Wednesday February 8, 2023 (Sasha Tershima)

Shelton-Strong and Mynard (2021)

Promoting positive feelings and motivation for language learning: the role of a confidence-building diary

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 15(5), 458-472


Tuesday January 24, 2023 (James Ellinger)

Hanh (2016)

Collaborative Creative Writing in the L2 Classroom Using the Software Twine

Conference proceedings from The Future of Education Edition 6

2022

Wednesday December 21, 2022 (Tito Akindele)

Kubanyiova (2018)

Creating a Safe Speaking Environment

Part of the Cambridge Papers in ELT series. [pdf] Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Tuesday November 29, 2022 (Anna Bordilovskaya)

Martin (2015)

The Promise of the Maker Movement for Education

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research, 5(1), Article 4.


Tuesday November 1, 2022 (Sasha Terashima)

Reynders, Lantz, Ruder, Stanford, and Cole (2020)

Rubrics to assess critical thinking and information processing in undergraduate STEM courses

International Journal of STEM Education, 7(9)


Wednesday October 19, 2022 (James Ellinger)

Lindemann and Harbke (2011)

Use of Contract Grading to Improve Grades Among College Freshmen in Introductory Psychology

SAGE Open, 1(3)


Tuesday September 27, 2022 (Tito Akindele)

Del Negro and Gallardo-Williams (2022)

Labapalooza: What Happens When Students Return to In-Person Laboratories After Taking Laboratories Online for a Year?

Journal of Chemical Education, 99, 2733−2737


Tuesday September 13, 2022 (Sasha Terashima)

Wangdi and Savski (2022)

Linguistic landscape, critical language awareness and critical thinking: promoting learner agency in discourses about language

Language Awareness, DOI: 10.1080/09658416.2022.2115052


Tuesday July 5, 2022 (James Ellinger)

Koh, Rotgans, Rajalingam, Gagnon, Low‑Beer, and Schmidt (2019)

Effects of graded versus ungraded individual readiness assurance scores in team‑based learning: a quasi‑experimental study

Advances in Health Sciences Education, 24, 477-488


Tuesday June 21, 2022 (Tito Akindele)

Ruder and Stanford (2018)

Strategies for Training Undergraduate Teaching Assistants To Facilitate Large Active-Learning Classrooms

Journal of Chemical Education, 95, 2126-2133


Tuesday June 7, 2022 (Sasha Terashima)

Kumar and Refaei (2017)

Problem-Based Learning Pedagogy Fosters Students’ Critical Thinking About Writing

The International Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 11(2)


Tuesday May 25, 2022 (James Ellinger)

CourseSource (discussion based on structure of the journal and its articles)

Evidence-based teaching resources for undergraduate biology and physics


Tuesday May 10, 2022 (Jesús Alberto Pulido Arcas)

Twelve tips for facilitating team-based learning

Gullo, Ha, and Cook (2015)

Medical Teacher, 37(9), 819-824


Tuesday April 26, 2022 (Tito Akindele)

Perspectives on Active Learning: Challenges for Equitable Active Learning Implementation

Nardo, Chapman, Shi, Wieman, and Salehi (2022)

Journal of Chemical Education, 99(4), 1691-1699 


Tuesday April 12, 2022 (Anna Bordilovskaya)

Team Teaching CLIL: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices

Nate Olson, Sophia University, Japan

TESOL 2022 Virtual International Convention & English Language Expo


Wednesday March 23, 2022 (Sasha Terashima)

Transitional to formal operational: Using authentic research experiences to get non-science students to think more like scientists.

Moore (2012)

European Journal of Physics Education, 3(4), 1-12


Monday March 7, 2022 (Gabriel Hervas)

Developing, Analyzing, and Using Distractors for Multiple-Choice Tests in Education: A Comprehensive Review

Gierl, Bulut, Guo, and Zhang (2017)

Review of Educational Research, 87(6), 1082-1116


Thursday February 24, 2022 (Tito Akindele)

Reimagining an Oral Presentation Assignment as a TED Talk Improves Student Oral Presentations, Leading to More Significant Learning

Stout (2020)

Journal of Chemical Education, 97(1), 271-274


Wednesday February 9, 2022 (Anna Bordilovskaya)

Where does WE fit? Theoretical and practical considerations in integrating the world Englishes paradigm into Japanese higher education

Shiroza (2021)

English Language and Literature, 57, 59-84


Wednesday January 19, 2022 (James Ellinger)

Adopting HyFlex in higher education in response to COVID-19: students' perspectives

Kohnke and Moorhouse (2021)

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 36(3), 231-244

2021

Wednesday  December 15, 2021 (Sasha Terashima)

Down the rabbit hole: Machine translation, metaphor, and instructor identity and agency

Vinall and Hellmich  (2021)

Second Language Research and Practice, 2(1), 99-118


Tuesday  November 30, 2021 (Diego Tavares Vasques)

The Application of Multiple Intelligences Theory in Task-based Language Teaching

Zhu  (2011)

Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 1(4), 408-412


Wednesday November 17, 2021 (Anna Bordilovskaya)

Student work: a re-conceptualization based on prior research on student workload and Newtonian concepts around physical work

D'Eon and Yasinian  (2021)

Higher Education Research and Development


Tuesday November 2, 2021 (Tito Akindele)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the Answer-Until-Correct Multiple-Choice Test Format for a Class of Non-STEM Majors

Pinhas (2021)

Journal of Chemical Education, 98(6), 2128-2132


Wednesday October 20, 2021 (Jesús Alberto Pulido Arcas)

Extreme Collaboration

Mark  (2002)

Communications of the ACM, (6), 89-93


Tuesday October 5, 2021 (open discussion)

Estimating Student Workload During the Learning Design of Online Courses: Creating a Student Workload Calculator

Beer (2019)

Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL 2019, 629-638


Wednesday September 8, 2021 (Sasha Terashima)

Why students do not turn on their video cameras during online classes and an equitable and inclusive plan to encourage them to do so

Castelli and Sarvary (2021)

Ecology and Evolution, 11, 3565-3576


Wednesday August 25, 2021 (James Ellinger)

Arrows in Biology: Lack of Clarity and Consistency Points to Confusion for Learners

Wright, Cardenas, Liang, and Newman (2018)

CBE—Life Sciences Education, 17(3), 1-13


Wednesday July 7, 2021 (Sasha Terashima)

Teaching Google search techniques in an L2 academic writing context

Han and Shin (2017)

Language Learning and Technology, 21(3), 172-194.


Wednesday June 23, 2021 (Tito Akindele)

The Chemical Kitchen: Toward Remote Delivery of an Interdisciplinary Practical Course

Radzikowski, Delmas, Spivey, Youssef, and Kneebone (2021)

Journal of Chemical Education, 98(3), 710-713.


Wednesday June 9, 2021 (James Ellinger)

Recipe Modification as a Means of Learning and Applying the Scientific Method

Dabrowski and McManamy (2021)

Journal of Chemical Education, 98(5), 1610-1621.


Wednesday May 12,  2021 (Anna Bordilovskaya)

Addressing a Supposed Deficiency: a Critical Thinking and Process-writing Methodology for Japanese EFL

Gale (2020)

福岡県立大学人間社会学部紀要, 28(2), 19-40.


Wednesday April 28, 2021 (Tito Akindele)

Encouraging the Art of Communicating Science to Nonexperts with Don’t Be Such a Scientist

Angelo (2018)

Journal of Chemical Education, 95(5), 804–809.


Monday April 12, 2021 (Sasha Terashima)

Training L2 writers to reference corpora as a self-correction tool

Quinn (2015)

ELT Journal, 69(2), 165–177.


Tuesday March 30, 2021 (James Ellinger)

The Use of Interrupted Case Studies to Enhance Critical Thinking Skills in Biology

White, Whitaker, Gonya, Hein, Kroening, Lee, Lee, Lukowiak, and Hayes (2009)

Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 10, 25-31.


Tuesday March 16, 2021 (Jesús Alberto Pulido Arcas)

Team-Based Learning in Asynchronous Online Settings

Palsolé and Awalt (2008)

New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 116, 87-95.


Tuesday March 2, 2021 (Tito Akindele)

Using Scientific Literature to Affect Students' Identification with the Scientific Discourse Community

King, King, Hammond, Stan (2021)

Journal of Chemical Education, 98(2), 506-509.


Friday February 19, 2021 (Diego Tavares Vasques)

A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview

Krathwohl (2002)

Theory Into Practice, 41(4), 212-218.


Tuesday February 2, 2021 (Sasha Terashima)

Using Concept Mapping Method for Assessing Students’ Scientific Literacy

Reiska, Soika, Möllits, Rannikmäe, and Soobard (2015)

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 177, 352–357.


Tuesday January 19, 2021 (James Ellinger)

Development of the Biology Card Sorting Task to Measure Conceptual Expertise in Biology

Smith, Combs, Nagami, Alto, Goh, Gourdet, Hough, Nickell, Peer, Coley, and Tanner (2013)

CBE—Life Sciences Education, 12(4), 628–644.