A Better Way to Evaluate Undergraduate Teaching
A Better Way to Evaluate Undergraduate Teaching In this article, the author considers current methods of evaluating teaching at research universities and proposes a new method for evaluation based on teaching ...

Implicit social cognition: from measures to mechanisms
Describes current trends in attending to, and measuring, implicit processes such as social perception, judgement and action.

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.

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.

Grassroots Efforts To Quantify and Improve the Academic Climate of an R1 STEM Department: Using Evidence-Based Discussions To Foster Community
Here, we present the outcomes of a graduate-student-led initiative that sought to assess the issues affecting inclusivity, diversity, and wellness within the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. We report how the results of a department-tailored academic climate survey were used to develop a method to foster open, productive discussion among graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty.

The Best of Both Worlds: Building on the COPUS and RTOP Observation Protocols to Easily and Reliably Measure Various Levels of Reformed Instructional Practice
× The Best of Both Worlds: Building on the COPUS and RTOP Observation Protocols to Easily and Reliably Measure Various Levels of Reformed Instructional Practice Cluster analysis of RTOP and COPUS to identify ...

Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM
Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM Suggested Citation Carey, S.J., Navigating institutional change for student success in STEM, Spring 2015, Vol.17, No.2.

Toward a descriptive science of teaching: How the TDOP illuminates the multidimensional nature of active learning in postsecondary classrooms
Toward a descriptive science of teaching: How the TDOP illuminates the multidimensional nature of active learning in postsecondary classrooms This empirical paper describes the use of the instructional ...

PORTAAL, the Practical Observation Rubric To Assess Active Learning
PORTAAL, the Practical Observation Rubric To Assess Active Learning Sarah Eddy and colleagues. The paper describes its development and validation. It is designed to systematically document evidence-based teaching ...

Enhancing use of learning sciences research in planning for and supporting educational change: Leveraging and building social networks
Enhancing use of learning sciences research in planning for and supporting educational change: Leveraging and building social networks Penuel, Bell, Bevan, Buffington and Falk, Journal of Educational Change. ...