Student Wellbeing

Qualitative and Quantitative Impact of Metacognitive Interventions in Supplemental Instruction Sessions (ASEE)
Former PTF chair Nina Telang co-presented this paper at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Virtual Annual Conference in June 2020.

The Evolution of Peer-Assisted Learning: From SI to PLUS (ASEE)
Former PTF chair Nina Telang co-presented this paper at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in August 2022.

Teaching Tips 2022-2023
Each year, the PTF Chair-Elect has the opportunity to share recurring Teaching Tips with all faculty at UT. These messages cover a variety of topics, styles, and methodologies, from brief and practical classroom strategies to in-depth conversations with voices from across campus.
This year’s Teaching Tips were written by Chair-Elect Nina Telang, from the Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) Program for Electrical and Computer Engineering
For her Provost's Teaching Fellows initiative, Nina Telang developed of a Supplemental Instruction (SI) program in a sophomore-level Electrical and Computer Engineering course, EE319K: Introduction to Embedded Systems.
Supplemental Instruction (SI) study sessions to help students succeed in introductory courses by employing a peer teaching model. SI Leaders – TAs or peers who have already successfully taken the course – plan and lead two identical, voluntary SI sessions each week, which students can join at any point in the semester.

Implementation of a new student initiative: Promoting Student Success and Well-Being (ASEE Gulf-Southwest)
Former PTF chair Nina Telang co-presented this paper at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference in March 2021. This paper shares a detailed look into the implementation of a new student initiative focused on promoting student success and well-being.
Read the complete paper <here,> or find the abstract below.

Effectiveness of the Supplemental Instruction Program in First-Year Engineering Courses - A Longitudinal Report (ASEE)
Former PTF chair Nina Telang co-presented this paper at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference in June 2019.

Teaching as Well Being (UT System)
3 different PTF projects presented:
Loescher project focuses on: Elevate excellence in the classroom through new strategies to understand, measure, and improve rigor in all courses
•each class is designed and delivered with the expectation of students learning at high levels •each student demonstrates learning at high levels
•each student is supported so they can learn at high levels
View the poster here

Be Well to Do Well (Signature Course Resource)
This video project was designed to be shown in all Signature Courses at UT. Together with a discussion prompt, the video aims to acquaint students with mental and physical health resources on campus, and to teach them strategies for success.

Longhorn Mindfulness Project
This project focuses on mental health on campus. Specifically, the mental health and self-regulation challenges that mindfulness practices have been empirically shown to address: anxiety, depression, focus, and procrastination. There is strong empirical support for these benefits emerging around the 8-week mark of regular practice (10-15 minutes per day), which is feasible in the confines of the semester calendar.