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Connecting the Stakeholders: Departments, Policy, and Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Naneh Apkarian, Western Michigan University; Dana Kirin, Portland State University; Jessica Gehrtz, Colorado State University; Kristen Vroom, Portland State University
This article reports on major themes that arose from discussions at the Mathematical Association of America's Precalculus to Calculus: Insights and Innovations Conference.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Degree Program Development
Change as a Scholarly Act: Higher Education Research Transfer to Practice
× Change as a Scholarly Act: Higher Education Research Transfer to Practice This article offers a university president's perspective on research pathways higher education researchers ought to pursue to ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Outreach:Policy Change, Inter-Institutional Collaboration
The Evolution of Curricular Change Models within the Foundation Coalition
The Evolution of Curricular Change Models within the Foundation Coalition This paper examines one aspect of the curricular change process undertaken by the Foundation Coalition (FC); specifically, how ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation
Transportation Engineering Instructors' Decision-Making Processes for Course Change
Transportation Engineering Instructors' Decision-Making Processes for Course Change Describes adoption of course changes in engineering, with recommendations for curriculum developers. Suggested Citation ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation
Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature
Facilitating change in undergraduate STEM instructional practices: An analytic review of the literature Henderson, C., Beach, A., & Finkelstein, N. D. Foundational article reviewing articles on change in ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Course Evaluation
Work organization and ergonomics
Work organization and ergonomics Carayon & Smith. Paper from field of systems engineering and ergonomics that describes theory of Work Systems and applied methods for understanding socio-technical aspects of ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development
Implicit social cognition: from measures to mechanisms
Describes current trends in attending to, and measuring, implicit processes such as social perception, judgement and action.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Student Assessment
Sustainability incorporated into engineering education
Sustainability incorporated into engineering education Presents three personas of faculty beliefs about incorporating sustainability (an ABET standard) in the classroom based on shared characteristics emerging ...
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Outreach:Policy Change, Public Outreach
A student-staff partnership approach to course enhancement: Principles for enabling dialogue through repurposing subject-specific materials and metaphors
Lucy Chilvers, Centre for Learning and Teaching, and the School of Art, University of Brighton; Alice FoxCentre for Learning and Teaching, and the School of Art, University of Brighton; Sarah Bennett, Centre for Learning and Teaching, and the School of Art, University of Brighton;
Although describing a museum-based art class, the central principles and many of the strategies used can be adapted to STEM diciplines. The staff (authors' term) designed their museum-based class to create opportunities for dialogue with students, hear their voices, and use the information gleaned from to enhance learning and evaluate the class and pedagogical decisions. The qualitative analysis of student and staff experiences shows not only responsiveness by both groups, but increased engagement and sense of belonging by students from historically marginalized groups. The article includes quotes from staff about the challenges of this strategy (such as needing to remain 'unplanned') and practical constraints such as funding shortfalls. They end with 5 principles for module design including 'creative evaluation' (their term for this): 1. embedding regular opportunities for formative reflection and evaluation; 2. evaluative activities allow students to reflect on their learning and on the course; 3. staff are listening responsively and adapting to students' feedback where needed; 4. time is allocated for collaborative activities to build trust and support reflections; 5. activities and assessments are relevant to the discipline.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Outreach:Informal Education
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.
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Diversity/Inclusion, Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Student Assessment, Supporting Students:Student Engagement