Digital Scholarship@UNLV

Title

Learning Retention through Glossary Development

Authors

Haroon Stephen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada Las VegasFollow

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Description

The teaching practice is to engage students in glossary development. It is adopted to increase student learning retention of civil engineering terms. Learning retention is the process of transferring new information into long-term memory. This teaching practice was implemented in two courses during summer and fall 2021. The benefits of this practice were assessed using a post-semester survey. The survey responses revealed that this teaching practice increased understanding of the technical terms of 87% of the respondents and increased conceptual understanding of 83% of the respondents.

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

Publication Date

1-2022

Publisher

UNLV Office of Faculty Affairs

Language

English

Keywords

Learning Retention; Glossary Assignment; Glossary; Long-term Memory

Disciplines

Education | Engineering Education | Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

File Format

pdf

File Size

564 KB

Recommended Citation

Stephen, Haroon, "Learning Retention through Glossary Development" (2022). UNLV Best Teaching Practices Expo. 178.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/btp_expo/178

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