Rice Center for Teaching Excellence

04/06/2022

Please consider supporting the CTE during the 24-Hour Challenge!

In the spirit of Be Bold — the new campaign for Rice University — Chuck Whitten ’99 and Lori Rudge Whitten ’98 have issued the largest single challenge to Rice alumni and students. When 4,700 Owls make a gift of any size to Rice on April 7, 2022, the Whitten family will donate $250,000 to Th...

01/12/2022

Join us for our spring reading group! Register by January 24th to receive a physical copy of the book.

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09/08/2021

Join us at our next What’s New in Teaching and Learning Research!

What’s New in Teaching and Learning Research: Designing and Publishing SoTL Research in Rice Classrooms

09/01/2021

If you haven't already, register for this fall's reading group.

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04/29/2021

Each year, near the end of the spring semester, is an opportunity for the Rice community to celebrate the many accomplishments of our faculty, graduate student instructors and TAs, and undergraduates who teach student-taught courses. Please join us in congratulating this year's award winners!

04/20/2021

Congratulations to Jimmy DeNicco for winning the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching!

If you ask James

04/20/2021

Congratulations to the 2021 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching winners!

Nine faculty received the 2021 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors top Rice instructors as determined by the votes of alumni who […]

03/30/2021

Join us for this spring's second What's New in Research on Teaching and Learning!

Amanda Jungels,  Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence Distractions abound in the modern classroom, and faculty have long struggled with how to minimize student distraction and maximize concentration, learning, and engagement in the classroom. In this talk, CTE Associate Dire

03/16/2021

The CTE Umbrella IRB for Teaching-Related Research streamlines the process for faculty wishing to conduct pedagogical research projects in Rice University classrooms. In this guest Rodrigo Ferreira, Rice Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, reflects on his experience conducting and publishing pedagogical

02/02/2021

Join us for this spring's first What's New in Research on Teaching and Learning!

What's New in Research on Teaching and Learning: Quiet Students in the Classroom: Rethinking Participation, Engagement, and Silence for Learning