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Lyman Briggs College at MSU
Lyman Briggs College at MSU Lyman Briggs College is an undergraduate residential college focused on science in societal context. Its work on undergraduate STEM education includes active learning, authentic ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Supporting Students:Learning Communities, Undergraduate Research, Academic Support

Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics
Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics Web portal for economists that provides access to a variety of evidence-based teaching practices. Suggested Citation Science Education Resource Center. (2016, ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Supporting Students:Academic Support, Outreach:Informal Education

Increase the Diversity of your Graduates
Increase the Diversity of your Graduates Science Education Resource Center (SERC) website outlining approaches to increasing minority participation in STEM. Suggested Citation Science Education Resource Center. ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Equity and Inclusion
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development, Supporting Students

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:Diversity/Inclusion, Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Student Assessment, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

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: Professional Development:Accessibility, Diversity/Inclusion, Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

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:Diversity/Inclusion, Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Pedagogical partnerships: A how-to guide for faculty, students, and academic developers in higher education
Alison Cook-Sather, Bryn Mawr College; Melanie Bahti, University of Pennsylvania; Anita Ntem, Bryn Mawr College;
Alison Cook-Sather, Bryn Mawr College; Melanie Bahti, University of Pennsylvania; Anita Ntem, Bryn Mawr College; Based on their experiences working with several of the 50+ institutions word wide with institution-level "pedagogical partnership" programs for faculty instructional development, the authors step readers through considerations for establishing and growing such programs. The pedagogical partnership model (sometimes referred to as "students as partners") engages faculty and students serving as "student consultants" (who typically are not concurrently enrolled in the faculty members' courses) in reciprocal partnerships to reflect on the faculty members classroom practices.

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

The Economic Impact of Increasing College Completion
Sophia Koropeckyj; Chris Lafakis; Adam Ozimek
While this report does not include institutional-level guidance on measuring costs and benefits of instructional improvement, it does offer helpful context for broader economic effects of student success and degree completion. Many institutions are working to be responsive to demands by the public and policy- makers that they articulate their economic impact. Arguments and data included in this report can be helpful in that messaging, and can help change leaders tie program improvement to broader outcomes, which may help to garner leadership support.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Costs and Benefits
Resource Type: Report
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Strategic Planning, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

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

ACHIEVING SYSTEMIC CHANGE: A SOURCEBOOK FOR ADVANCING AND FUNDING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION
Catherine L. Fry, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
This sourcebook is intended as a useful resource for allthose who have a stake in creating STEM solutions forUS society. It addresses the rationale for investing insystemic change throughout higher education, identifiescritical areas for investment, and provides pointers to keyreports and current STEM education reform efforts.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Booklet, White Paper, Report
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Curriculum Development, Institutional Systems:Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Bridge Program, Student Engagement