The Journal of Instructional Research (JIR) is an annual publication by the Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching at Grand Canyon University that highlights research relevant to best practices in post-secondary instruction. Unique to JIR is the use of a two-stage evaluation process with public peer review, interactive discussion and final formalized peer review.

We are seeking your participation in reviewing, providing feedback and discussing the current submissions to JIR. All individuals who participate in the review process will be issued a certificate of participation and will be acknowledged in the 2014 volume as a member of the Peer Review Board.

Current discussion papers include:

• "Who Am I Here?" Disrupted Identities and Gentle Shifts When Teaching in Cyberspace
• Servant Leadership Theory and the Emergency Services Student
• Using Lesson Study with Pre-service Secondary Mathematics Teachers: Effects on Instruction, Planning, and Efficacy to Teach Mathematics
• Mode of Delivery: A Classroom Assessment Technique Comparison
• Effective Classroom Assessments Online
• Checking for Student Understanding in an Introductory University Success Course
• Adding Rigor to Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Lifecycle Improvement Approach
• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Conceptual Model for CATs in the Online Classroom
• Use of Classroom Assessment Techniques in the Online Classroom as it Correlates to Increased Participation
• Longitudinal Perspectives: Expanding the Efficacy of End of Course Surveys in Higher Education

To participate in the review process (while simultaneously fostering your own knowledge of emergent teaching practices), visit the JIR website at: http://cirt.gcu.edu/jir/discussionpapers. The public review period lasts until September 30, 2013.