Critical Resources Database
Choose one of the critical resource collections:
Working Group 3: Change LeadersWorking Groups 2 & 4: Costs, Benefits, and Demonstrating ImpactWorking Group 6: Aligning Faculty WorkBecome an ASCN Speaker » Submit a Resource »
Use the search or choose from a selection of topics below:
Results 1 - 10 of 75 matches
Full-Length Free MCAT Practice Test
This full-length MCAT practice test was designed to simulate the actual test experience closely, mirroring the real exam's format, difficulty, and content. Our students see an average score increase of 12 points after using this test.
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Student Assessment, Supporting Students:Tutoring, Academic Support
CUREnet
CUREnet CUREnet is a network of people and programs that are creating course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in biology as a means of helping students understand core concepts in biology, develop ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Supporting Students:Undergraduate Research, Academic Support
Yale University/Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
Contact: Jennifer Frederick; Yale University, jennifer.frederick@yale.edu
The CTL provides information about sources of feedback instructors can use to inform their teaching and also provides consulting services to faculty. Many sources of feedback are available to instructors to inform their teaching, including: self-reflection, students' mid-semester feedback, peer review of teaching, and end-of-term evaluations. Instructors should feel empowered to determine what methods fit the needs and context of their situation and to try out different approaches over time.
Resource Type: Booklet, Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Accessibility, Diversity/Inclusion, Course Evaluation, Cultural Competency, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Teaching
How UT-Austin's Bold Plan for Reinvention Went Belly Up
Lindsay Ellis
This article provides a cautionary tale about large institutional efforts to redesign undergraduate education and the challenges of measuring what works. In 2016, UT Austin pledged to revamp undergraduate education, adding state-of-the-art online classes, redesigned curricula, and short courses, among others, to produce less expensive degrees, teach practical skills and expand access via technology. Dubbed "Project 2021" it also committed to measure what worked and adjust accordingly. By 2019, the project was deemed too ambitious and lacked support to continue. Several lessons about the impact of changes in undergraduate teaching are useful. For example, implementing regular quizzes in large classes narrowed grade disparities between students from different socioeconomic groups. Massive online classes modeled after late-nighttalk shows were hailed as a national model for using technology to deliver remote instruction and billed as next-generation undergraduate programs. Yet, while students rated the online courses highly, evaluations of student learning showed no advantage to the course delivering mode, and the cost for the heavily produced studio quality courses was high. Key conclusions from the project evaluation is that it was very complicated and lacked direction, got caught in bureaucratic processes, and was expensive.
Resource Type: Report, Website
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Strategic Planning
Ethnology and Evaluation Research at CU Boulder
Ethnology and Evaluation Research at CU Boulder E&ER conducts research and evaluation on a variety of issues in STEM education, including student and faculty outcomes, women in science, under-represented ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development
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, ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Supporting Students:Academic Support, Outreach:Informal Education
SEI Course Transformation guidance
SEI Course Transformation guidance Short two-pagers and videos, including a downloadable Course Transformation Guide, summarizing educational research and practice for instructors. From Science Education ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development
A list of concept inventories in biochemistry and molecular biology
× A list of concept inventories in biochemistry and molecular biology A list of concept inventories in biochemistry and molecular biology from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation, Institutional Systems:Evaluating Teaching
PhysPort list of concept inventories in physics
× A list of concept inventories in physics A list of concept inventories in physics on PhysPort.org's Assessment portal. Suggested Citation American Association of Physics Teachers. (2017). PhysPort. ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Professional Development
STEM Evaluation Repository of AEA
STEM Evaluation Repository of AEA Resource list of STEM Evaluation metrics from the American Evaluation Association STEM topical group. Not well populated at this time but could be a growing resource. Add a ...
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development