Articles and Presentations on the Scholarship of Teaching

Publications

Cherney, I. D. (2008). The effects of active learning on students' memories for course content. Active Learning in Higher Education, 9 (2), 155-174.

Cherney, I. D., & Cooney, R. R. (2005). Predicting student performance in a statistics course using the mathematics and statistics perception scale (MPSP). Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.

Cherney, I. D., Winter, J., & Cherney, M. G. (2005). Nuclear physics problem solving: A case study of expert-novice differences. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences.

Cherney, I. D. (2003). The use of technology in psychology: Examples from an introductory psychology and statistics class. In C. Spirou (ed.) Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 31-35. Chicago: National-Louis University Press (pdf version).

Cherney, I. D., & Cherney, M. (2001). Physics scores as predictors of the medical college admissions test. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 27, 1-7 (Abstract). (pdf file)

Presentations

Cherney, I. D., & Cooney, R. R. (2004, January). Are females at risk of failing statistics? Poster presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.
Won: Honorable Mention: Frank
Costin Memorial Award for Excellence

Cooney, R. R., & Cherney, I. D. (2004, January). Assessing student anxiety and its impact on learning in statistics courses. Poster presented at the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.

Cherney, I. D. (2003, July). The use of technology in psychology: Examples from an introductory psychology and statistics class. Talk presented at the 3rd International Conference on Technology in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Heidelberg, Germany.

Budesheim, L. T., & Cherney, I. D. (2003, May). Metacognition in a Natural Learning Context: College Students’ (In)Ability to Predict their Exam Performance. Poster presented at the Convention of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Cherney, M. G., & Cherney, I. D. (2001, April). Similarities between junior high and undergraduate students' problem-solving skills. Talk presented at the 121st Annual Meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Science, Lincoln, NE.

Cherney, I. D. & Cherney, M. G. (1998, August). Physics scores as predictors of the medical college admissions test, Talk given at the American Association of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting, Lincoln , NE.

Grants

2004 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award from Creighton University Academic Affairs