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Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math
Elli J. Theobald; Mariah J. Hill; Elisa Tran; Sweta Agrawal; E. Nicole Arroyo; Shawn Behling; Nyasha Chambwe; Dianne Laboy Cintrón; Jacob D. Cooper; Gideon Dunster; Jared A. Grummer; Kelly Hennessey; Jennifer Hsiao; Nicole Iranon; Leonard Jones II; Hannah Jordt; Marlowe Keller; Melissa E. Lacey; Caitlin E. Littlefield; Alexander Lowe; Shannon Newman; Vera Okolo; Savannah Olroyd; Brandon R. Peecook; Sarah B. Pickett; David L. Slager; Itzue W. Caviedes-Solis; Kathryn E. Stanchak; Vasudha Sundaravardan; Camila Valdebenito; Claire R. Williams; Kaitlin Zinsli; and Scott Freeman
This study is a comprehensive meta-analysis of research on the influence of active and traditional learning approaches on STEM course outcomes (exam scores and course failure rates) for underrepresented students. Time-intensive active learning experiences contributed to reduced achievement gaps in exam scores and pass rates. Researchers concluded that deliberate active-learning course designs and inclusive teaching contribute to increasing equity in STEM. Although this study does not discuss cost-benefits, it affirms the value of investing in pedagogical enhancements to increase student retention and success. In this case, the benefits are continuous tuition revenue through student retention and the moral imperative of reducing equity gaps.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Costs and Benefits
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Professional Development:Curriculum Development

AAU Framework for systemic change in undergraduate STEM teaching and learning
AAU Framework for systemic change in undergraduate STEM teaching and learning Outlines framework developed by AAU to guide institutional commitment to teaching and learning, including cultural change, scaffolding, ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Faculty Evaluation, Guiding Theories
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Supporting Students, Professional Development

Improving the Academic Climate of an R1 STEM Department: Quantified Positive Shifts in Perception
This study confirms the positive outcomes of having a practical, sustainable, and data-driven framework for affecting change within a graduate community.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment, Change Leaders, Guiding Theories, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Strategic Planning, Supporting Students:Learning Communities, Scholarships, Grants, Workstudy, Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Academic Support, Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion

Shaping the Future of Higher Education: Practical, Community-Driven Initiatives to Improve Academic Climate
In this Editorial, we present the history and details of a collaborative effort to improve the academic climate of the Department of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Policy, Assessment, Change Leaders, Guiding Theories, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Outreach:Policy Change, Supporting Students:Academic Support, Institutional Systems:Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Incentive/Reward Systems, Professional Development:Cultural Competency, Diversity/Inclusion, Advising and Mentoring, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Supporting Students:Learning Communities, Institutional Systems:Interdepartmental Collaboration, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development

Educators' experiences with student voice: how teachers understand, solicit, and use student voice in their classrooms.
Jerusha O. Conner, Villanova University
Jerusha O. Conner, Villanova University This research paper explores how teachers understand, solicit, and use student input in their classrooms. The author defines 'student voice' as 'strategy that engageds youth in sharing their views on their experiences as students...' but discuss variety of definitions being used, and whether or not 'student voice' necessarily implies student engagement in decision making or even is restricted to opinions concerning school.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Accessibility, Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development

Designing for the Margins: Addressing Inequities in Digital Learning Starts With Hearing and Engaging the Student Voice
Jessica Rowland Williams, Every Learner Everywhere
Jessica Rowland Williams, Every Learner Everywhere Reflecting the events of the COVID shut-down, the author provides an overview of student and faculty experiences with remote learning during the stress of the pandemic with a focus on students from historically marginalized populations. The author is the director of Every Learner Everywhere, a network of 12 member institutions which seeks to reduce the achievement gaps through adaptive courseware and other digital tools. In this essay, the author explores what they learned about marginalized students' experiences of online learning while managing financial and personal stress through data harvested from the Suddenly Online national survey plus focus groups at nearly 50 institutions in 22 states.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Diversity/Inclusion, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Framing and Efficacy of University-Required Diversity Courses in the Research Literature
Christine Zabala Eisshofer, University of Oklahoma
This literature review examines the research in the last 30 years in relation to university-required diversity courses, as well as highlights areas that have been understudied. Utilizing the social justice rationale for diversity, this review analyzes 25 quantitative and qualitative research articles that address university-required diversity courses. This literature review unpacks the mixed results from quantitative studies as well as analyzes the case studies presented in qualitative research. The relevance to this collection is the authors point that outcomes-based analysis (grades, survey responses) are insufficient, but that to truely understand student experiences in the classroom, we must examine student work undertaken during the class.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Diversity/Inclusion, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Professional Development:Student Assessment

America's Overlooked Engineers: Community Colleges and Diversity in Engineering Education
America's Overlooked Engineers: Community Colleges and Diversity in Engineering Education Summary of findings from Engineer of 2020 surveys to capitalize on community college as fruitful grounds for ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Outreach:Student Recruiting, Institutional Systems

Cooperative Learning resources
Cooperative Learning resources Cover a range of cooperative group work in engineering. Suggested Citation Smith, K.A. (n.d.) RESOURCES: Books, Articles, Presentations and Workshop. Retrieved from ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Book Section, Website, Journal Article, Presentation
Program Components: Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Cultural Models of Teaching and learning in Math and science: exploring the intersections of Culture, Cognition, and Pedagogical situations
Cultural Models of Teaching and learning in Math and science: exploring the intersections of Culture, Cognition, and Pedagogical situations Ferrare and Hora. In this article we utilize cultural models theory to ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Supporting Students, Professional Development