2013 Conference Proceedings

TEN-YEAR CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PLTL IN BIOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
JOSE LUIS ALBERTE, GISELLE BARRETO, ALBERTO CRUZ, NATALY RODRIGUEZ, AND THOMAS PITZER

TRAINING AND SUPERVISION: REDEFINING THE ROLE OF THE PEER LEADER
JOSE LUIS ALBERTE, ALBERTO CRUZ, NATALY RODRIGUEZ, AND THOMAS PITZER

STUDENTS IN A MATHEMATICS WORKSHOP CAN BE MOTIVATED TO RAISE THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE
YANNA CHEN

PEER LEADERS’ VIEWS ON A GENERAL CHEMISTRY WORKSHOP PROGRAM
A.E. DREYFUSS AND JANET LIOU-MARK

STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES ABOUT PEER-LED TEAM LEARNING WORKSHOPSIN GENERAL CHEMISTRY: A CRITICAL INCIDENT STUDY
A.E. DREYFUSS AND JANET LIOU-MARK

CHEMISTRY STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES ABOUT PEER-LED TEAM LEARNING WORKSHOPS: COMPARISON TO THE SIX CRITICAL COMPONENTS
A.E. DREYFUSS, JANET LIOU-MARK, AND LEO GAFNEY

THE EXPERIENCE OF PEER LEADERSHIP AND ITS IMPACT ON STEM SUCCESS
A.E. DREYFUSS, GUANNIAN ZENG, YANNA CHEN, AND JANET LIOU-MARK

WHY ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY IN WORKSHOPS: COMPARISON OF COURSE GRADES OF WORKSHOP ATTENDEES VS. NON-ATTENDEES WITH SIMILAR GPA AND SAT SCORES – PART II: RESULTS FOR SECOND-SEMESTER STUDENTS
LUCILLE B. GARMON

THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA CHEMISTRY WORKSHOP PROGRAM: RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS
CHRISTOPHER K. GREER

EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO ENCOURAGE STEM PARTICIPATION
POONAM GULATI AND MARIA BHATTACHARJEE

MANDATING PLTL WORKSHOP SESSIONS: THE KEY TO SUCCESS
YUANYUAN KANG, ELSY RIVERA, KAFAYAT BUSARI, SHEBNA CHEEMA, AND REYNA VALDEZ

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PLTL LEADERS: HOW TO MAKE THE INTERVIEW PROCESS BOTH A SELF-EVALUATION AND TEAM-BUILDING EXERCISE FOR LEADERS
LISA KUEHNE, REGINA FREY, MEGAN DASCHBACH

STRENGTHENING FOUNDATIONAL MATHEMATICS COURSES THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PEER-LED WORKSHOPS
JANET LIOU-MARK, SANDIE HAN, MURSHEDA AHMED, FREDERIC ANGLADE, AND JODI ANN YOUNG

MODIFYING ACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU: “HANDS-ON” IN THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM
STAMATIS W. MURATIDIS

TOOLS FOR CONDUCTING ONLINE CS I PLTL WORKSHOPS
MITSUE NAKAMURA AND ONGARD SIRISAENGTAKSIN

PLTL WITH A TWIST: PROMOTING STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURSE MATERIAL
ELSY RIVERA, SHEBNA CHEEMA, REYNA VALDEZ, AND YUANYUAN KANG

MATHEMATICS UNDERGRADUATES LEADING UNDERGRADUATES ENROLLED IN GENERAL CHEMISTRY: WHY THIS WORKS!
DIANA SAMAROO AND SUHUA ZENG

BUILDING A COMMUNITY AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS
MELANIE L. VILLATORO, KHALIL ROUCHDY AND YINENG LIANG

The PLTLIS 2013 Conference Proceedings Editors
Jose Alberte-Dueñas and A.E. Dreyfuss
© 2014 The Peer-Led Team Learning International Society

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This conference would not be possible without the support of the following people and organizations. Thank you!

President’s Office
President William V. Flores
Johanna Wolfe – Vice President, Advancement and External Relations Claire Caton – Director, Media Relations, Advancement & External Relations Edith Torrez – Department Business Administrator I, Advancement & External Relations
Becky Gomez – Administrative Assistant, Advancement & External Relations

Provost’s Office
Provost Ed Hugetz
Laura Dillard – Administrative Assistant III, Academic Affairs & Provost

College of Science and Technology Dean’s Office
Dr. Akif Uzman – Dean
Dr. Ermelinda DeLaVina – Associate Dean Heather Davis – College Business Administrator I

Scholars Academy
Dr. May Jo Parker – Director, Scholars Academy Rene Garcia – Program Manager Melissa Elias – Administrative Assistant II

Department of Natural Sciences
Dr. Lisa Moreno – Chair

Department of Engineering and Technology
Dr. Kenneth Oberhoff – Chair

Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
Dr. Shishen Xie – Chair
Dr. Youn-Sha Chan – Assistant Chair
Dr. Timothy Redl – Assistant Chair
Linda Gilbert – Department Business Administrator II Nereida Nava-Torres – Office Assistant Ghanem Ghanem–Technical Support Specialist II

Admissions
Courtney Lundgren – Coordinator, Customer Services

Event Planning
Janet Heitmiller – Director of Community Relations Lisa Alonzo – Assistant Dean of Students Erica Flores – Non-College Work-Study

IT
Nikhil Bhatt – Coordinator, Multi-Media Technical Services David McCoy – Multi-Media Engineer III
Meagan Lee – User Support Specialist I

Facilities

New York City College of Technology, CUNY
City Tech Foundation, Jewel Escobar, Executive Director
Student Government Association, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Office of the Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Yi-Ming Yu, Peer Leader and Vice-President, the PLTL Club at City Tech Laura Yuen-Lau, Honors Scholar Program

Florida International University
Dr. Timothy Collins, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

University of Texas at El Paso
Dodson Fund, College of Science
American Chemical Society, Rio Grande Valley Section National Science Foundation

Special thanks to the 2013 PLTLIS Conference Organizing Committee
Mitsue Nakamura, Committee Co-Chair AE Dreyfuss, Committee Co-Chair Jose Alberte
James Becvar
Chinedu Chukuigwe
Alberto Cruz
Lucille Garmon
Chris Keenan
Janet Liou-Mark
Dusty Otwell
Ongard Sirisaengtaksin
Ellen West