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STAR Project Archive

STAR participants present their project findings at a poster/presentation session every June. Below are completed past project examples.

2020 STAR Projects

Alexander Cates, Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

Naomi Dalchand, Department of Chemistry

Monika Filipovska, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abhishek Kottaram Amrithanath, Departmental of Materials Science and Engineering

2019 STAR Posters

Nathan Bradshaw, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Effect of Positive Self-Affirmation on Non-Majors Learning Material Science

James Dombrowski, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

The Chemist's Toolbox

Mélissa Dumartin, Department of Chemistry

Pre-lab videos: new tool to increase the students' self-confidence in the chemistry lab.

Clive Newstead, Department of Mathematics

Bloggin in Calculus

Fabrizio Sabba, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The role of student moderator improves students' confidence and comfort in environmental engineering.

Özge Sürer, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Science

Confidence in Learning Statistics with R Programming Language

Alexandra Tamerius, Department of Chemistry

Exploring feedback techniques, learning methods and student motivations to imporve an elementary outreach program

Vidya Venkataramanan, Center for Water Research and Department of Anthropology

Assessing the value of teaching critical thinking skills through active learning techniques in an interdisciplinary global health course.

Shuyi Weng, Department of Mathematics

Incorporating Small Group Discussions in the Calculus Classroom

2018 STAR Posters

Mavis Boamah, Department of Chemistry

Correlation between math skills and performance in undergraduate physical chemistry

Connor Bain, School of Education and Social Policy

Connecting programming and thinking.

Jessamine Finch, Program in Plant Biology and Conservation

Blended botany: evaluating the impact of a class-generated online study tool in a plant identification course

Saoirse McSharry, Department of Molecular Biosciences

Familiar media source increase biology self-efficacy scores in non-major students.

Natalia Powers-Riggs, Department of Chemistry

Peer review in general chemistry lab reports.

James Schwabacher, Department of Chemistry

The effects of temporal focus on students' motivation to learn science

2017 STAR Posters

Michael Hyland, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Exploratory analysis of the correlations between pre-course student relationships, group work, and student performance.

Jordan Nelson, Department of Chemistry

Contrasting cases using 'clicker' questions in general chemistry.

Thomas Denby, Department of Linguistics

Integration of CogSci knowledge with concept maps.

Daniel Tucker, Department of Linguistics

Language in Motion - using apps & experimental methods to facilitate language learning, outcome benchmarking and assessment.

Sarah Rappaport, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

The effect of guided notes on the exam performance of AP chemistry students.

2015 STAR Posters

Timothy Reissman, Department of Biomedical Engineering

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Elizabeth Miller, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Assessing the effectiveness of laboratory sessions in undergraduate materials science and engineering courses.

John Paul Savaryn, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Determining which type of analogy is better for learning new biological concepts: instructor-provided or student-generated

Charles Collett, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Addressing wave mechanics misconceptions with a guitar and computer.

Renee French, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Assessing student motivation by varying assignment type.