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)
The Journal Chemical Education, 3(101), 741-752
Previous readings:
2024
Monday April 22, 2024 (Greg Dalziel)
Shim and Pelaez (2022)
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)
Education Inquiry, 13(2), 185-204
Friday Novermber 10, 2023 (Tyrone Ghampson)
Dewaele and Li (2021)
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)
Bilingual Research Journal, 42(2), 232-251
Wednesday June 21, 2023 (James Ellinger)
Deslauriers, McCarty, Miller, Callaghgan, and Kestin (2019)
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)
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)
CBE—Life Sciences Education, 21(3), r42, 1–15
Wednesday March 16, 2023 (James Ellinger)
Allagui (2022)
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)
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)
Journal of Chemical Education, 99, 2733−2737
Tuesday September 13, 2022 (Sasha Terashima)
Wangdi and Savski (2022)
Language Awareness, DOI: 10.1080/09658416.2022.2115052
Tuesday July 5, 2022 (James Ellinger)
Koh, Rotgans, Rajalingam, Gagnon, Low‑Beer, and Schmidt (2019)
Advances in Health Sciences Education, 24, 477-488
Tuesday June 21, 2022 (Tito Akindele)
Ruder and Stanford (2018)
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)
Moore (2012)
European Journal of Physics Education, 3(4), 1-12
Monday March 7, 2022 (Gabriel Hervas)
Gierl, Bulut, Guo, and Zhang (2017)
Review of Educational Research, 87(6), 1082-1116
Thursday February 24, 2022 (Tito Akindele)
Stout (2020)
Journal of Chemical Education, 97(1), 271-274
Wednesday February 9, 2022 (Anna Bordilovskaya)
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)
D'Eon and Yasinian (2021)
Higher Education Research and Development
Tuesday November 2, 2021 (Tito Akindele)
Pinhas (2021)
Journal of Chemical Education, 98(6), 2128-2132
Wednesday October 20, 2021 (Jesús Alberto Pulido Arcas)
Mark (2002)
Communications of the ACM, (6), 89-93
Tuesday October 5, 2021 (open discussion)
Beer (2019)
Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL 2019, 629-638
Wednesday September 8, 2021 (Sasha Terashima)
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)
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)
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.