UB’s Graduate School of Education has partnered with GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center of Buffalo to provide UB students with in-classroom experience teaching students with disabilities. UB students were photographed at the center working with clients in July 2021. GSE professor Claire Cameron is working with the program.

CATT News & Updates

Featuring teaching tips and stories highlighting teaching and assessment innovations happening around UB.

Latest News & Updates

Latest Podcast Episode

  • Empowering Change Through Inclusive Education | Ep. 7
    10/30/24
    Dr. Seval Yildirim, UB's Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence, joins us on the Teaching Table podcast to tackle a pressing question: How can we foster an inclusive environment that excites and engages everyone on campus? Discover her strategies for managing change and progress in equity, diversity, justice, and inclusion as she shares her personal journey and the importance of understanding a campus's unique culture.

Past Updates

  • How CATT Can Help You Turn Your Teaching into Research
    3/15/23
    Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is the systematic inquiry into student learning and teaching practices in higher education. Participating in inquiry, particularly adjacent to or outside of one’s home discipline, affords an opportunity for scholarly growth. It also provides a reflective metacognitive exercise as faculty seek to identify and continually refine efficacious pedagogy.
  • Teaching Large Classes: Lessons from the Field
    2/15/23
    Teaching large classes can be a challenge for some instructors, with challenges including lack of flexibility, class climate management, difficulty of setting and enforcing classroom behavior, minimum attention to students, limited monitoring of students’ learning and difficulty in engaging students to activities (Fortes, & Tchantchane, 2010). This project explored techniques and teaching methodologies that experienced instructors may have, which can ultimately be shared with their peers to address these challenges.
  • “I Am Completely Operational” – Pedagogical Practices to Leverage AI in the Classroom
    1/27/23
    The mention of Artificial Intelligence programs like ChatGPT – or Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer – will cause readers to recoil with emotions including but not limited to anxiety and anger. For faculty and support staff considering how best to move forward in a world where ChatGPT is a reality, I recommend familiarizing yourselves with the Academic Integrity policy here at the University at Buffalo.
  • Factors Contributing to Instructor Quality Evaluations
    12/7/22
    The purpose of this study is to explore variables contributing to differences in student assessments of overall instructor quality from 2017-2019. Using data from 362,238 course evaluations, across four semesters (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019), this study asks, “What instructor, student, and course variables predict overall evaluation of instructors?”
  • How to Take Advantage of Your Fall Recess to Recharge and Reset
    11/22/22
    The end of the semester doesn’t have to be exhausting. Taking time for yourself during fall recess to recharge. Reflection is crucial step to this process. I encourage you to challenge your students to do the same.
  • Proctoring Privacy Pro-Tip: Utilizing Zoom Focus Mode
    11/17/22
    Effective exam proctoring is a critical component in the overall process of protecting exam integrity and accurate assessment of student learning in the classroom. Nevertheless, a recent court case involving Cleveland State University (CSU) has highlighted the fundamental contention between rigorous proctoring and student privacy.