{"id":179,"date":"2021-01-07T21:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T02:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=179"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:19:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T15:19:44","slug":"tamara-kelly","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/science\/profiles\/faculty\/tamara-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamara Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I hold a teaching focused position, and am primarily interested in what teaching strategies help students to learn and how best we can assess student learning. How does how we present material impact student learning? What sorts of activities in and out of the classroom engage students and have the most impact on learning? 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