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Enhancing research capacity for systemic change in undergraduate STEM education by analyzing, organizing, and synthesizing theories of change
Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia; Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University
Widespread calls and national funding for improving the diversity and preparation of STEM undergraduates have rapidly expanded the number of people investigating change in this context. This creates great potential ...
Session Type: Thematic Symposium
Tracks: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1)
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), DBER
Time: 8:00am - 9:8:00am - 9:30am
Navigating the bridge between theory and action: Validating the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) Theory of Change
Heather Seitz, Johnson County Community College; Erika Offerdahl, Washington State University- Pullman; Carol Colbeck, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE), a non-profit organization, provides life sciences departments at all types of US higher education institutions with training and resources to ...
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Tracks: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1)
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Assessment and evaluation, Student-focused
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:10:00am - 10:10:00am - 10:30am
Towards Servingness: Transforming STEM Education at Hispanic Serving Institutions
Vignesh Subbian, The University of Arizona; Guadalupe Lozano, The University of Arizona; Marla Franco, The University of Arizona
The number of higher education institutions earning the designation of Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) has more than doubled between 2005 and 2018, and accounts for 15% of all non-profit, degree granting ...
Session Type: Thematic Symposium
Tracks: Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5)
Themes: Case study, Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5), Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Evidence-based practice
Time: 10:00am - 11:10:00am - 11:30am
Pursuing systemic change in undergraduate STEM education through Departmental and Leadership Teams for Action (DeLTA)
Tessa Andrews, University of Georgia; Sarah Covert, University of Georgia; Erin Dolan, University of Georgia; Paula Lemons, University of Georgia
The DeLTA project aims to promote comprehensive change in thinking and culture related to undergraduate STEM education at the University of Georgia. Our approach is multi-level; we are convening and supporting the ...
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Tracks: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1)
Themes: Aligning faculty incentives with systemic change (ASCN WG 6), Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Faculty development, Department-level change, Institutional-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:10:30am - 11:10:30am - 11:00am
Putting the Teaching Quality Framework Initiative into action: A case-study comparison of three departments engaged in transforming teaching evaluation
Sarah Andrews, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jessica Keating, University of Colorado at Boulder; Joel Corbo, University of Colorado at Boulder; Mark Gammon, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniel Reinholz, San Diego State University; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder
The Teaching Quality Framework (TQF) Initiative seeks to create a process and tools for systemic transformation of departmental evaluation of teaching. As part of the Bay View Alliance and NSF funded TTEVAL ...
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Tracks: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1)
Themes: Case study, Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Faculty development, Department-level change
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am:11:00am - 11:11:00am - 11:30am
National Academies' Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education: Directions and Opportunities
Ann Austin, Michigan State University; Mark Rosenberg, Florida International University; Kerry Brenner, The National Academies; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado at Boulder
The National Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has initiated a multi-year Roundtable on Systemic Reform in Undergraduate STEM Education to focus on the future of undergraduate STEM education and ...
Session Type: Thematic Symposium
Tracks: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1)
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), National-level change
Time: 1:15pm - 2:1:15pm - 2:45pm
Bringing an asset-based community development framework to university change work
Stephen Biscotte, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; Najla Miranda Mouchrek, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
In higher education, the impetus for change is often the identification of a specific need, problem-area, or under-performance. For example, the institution recognizes that their female retention rates in STEM are ...
Session Type: Thematic Symposium
Themes: Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5), Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), New frameworks and approaches to change, Institutional-level change
Time: 1:15pm - 2:1:15pm - 2:45pm
Leveraging Course-Based Communities of Transformation to Effect Change in STEM Education
Jill Nelson, George Mason University; Stephanie Foster, George Mason University; Carrie Klein, George Mason University; Jaime Lester, George Mason University; Laura Poms, George Mason University; Jessica Rosenberg, George Mason University; Robert Sachs, George Mason University
Studies across the STEM disciplines have shown that student engagement in active learning improves student attitudes toward STEM, retention in STEM majors, and understanding of key concepts, with greater impact on ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Student-focused, Faculty development
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Exploring Teaching Behaviors of Faculty by Context: An Analysis of Organizational Climate
Ivan Ceballos Madrigal, California State University-Fresno; Emily Walter, California State University-Fresno
Most faculty have knowledge of evidence-based instructional practices and access to the resources to carry them out. Despite this, efforts to transform postsecondary instruction have had only modest success (e.g. ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Evidence-based practice, Institutional-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
A Simple Stochastic Model for Conceptualizing Organizational Change Initiatives
Lorne Whitehead, University of British Columbia; Scott Simkins, North Carolina A & T State University
Complex systems cannot be modeled exactly. However, simple approximate mathematical models can illustrate important factors, provide memorable terminology, offer plausible and memorable insights, and suggest new ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Costs and benefits of change (ASCN WG 2), Measuring the impacts of change (ASCN WG 4), Institutional-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
QUBES: An education gateway for professional development, OER sharing, and project support
Sam Donovan, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium; Kristin Jenkins, BioQUEST; Jeremy Wojdak, Radford University
The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education & Synthesis (QUBES; qubeshub.org) project has adopted a "scientific gateways" model to accelerate undergraduate biology education reform. As such, ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Faculty development
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Facilitating Departmental, Programmatic, and Curricular Change through Traveling Workshops
Mitchell Bender-Awalt, Carleton College; David Blockstein, Bard College; Diane Doser, University of Texas at El Paso; Anne Egger, Central Washington University; Heather Macdonald, College of William and Mary; Cathy Manduca, Carleton College; Dallas Rhodes, Humboldt State University; Catherine Riihimaki, 2NDNATURE Software
Academic departments and programs in higher education face challenges in adapting to shifting institutional priorities, fluctuating budgets, evolving research landscapes, and changing employment prospects for ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Evidence-based practice, Faculty development, Department-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Reforming core education in the Clark Honors College: Scaffolding liberal arts understanding in freshman and sophomore honors students
Samantha Hopkins, University of Oregon; Rebecca Lindner, University of Oregon; David Frank, University of Oregon; Daphne Gallagher, University of Oregon; Melissa Graboyes, University of Oregon; Gabriel Paquette, University of Oregon; Carol Paty, University of Oregon
The Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon teaches a liberal arts curriculum within the broader research university. During our external review, we realized that our core education curriculum needed ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Student-focused, Department-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Undergraduate STEM Instruction
Bennett Goldberg, Northwestern University; Sarah Hokanson, Boston University; Tershia Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Susanna Calkins, Northwestern University; Don Gillian-Daniel, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Regina Frey & Alessandra York, Washington University in St. Louis; Anna Conway & Sally Wilson, Des Moines Area Community College; Judy Milton, University of Georgia
Our program will engage current and future STEM faculty in learning to teach more inclusively. Inclusive teaching reduces disparities around gender and among traditionally underrepresented minorities, as well as ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5), Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Faculty development
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Transforming STEM gateway courses: or How we learned to stop worrying about just one approach and love the different pathways
Shanna Shaked, University of California-Los Angeles
One of the main goals of UCLA's Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences is to broaden student success in STEM. Working with institutional research folks, we identified the persistence ...
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Student-focused, New frameworks and approaches to change, Faculty development, Institutional-level change
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm:3:30pm - 4:3:30pm - 4:00pm
Transforming STEM Education through Scaffolded Curricula
Mitchell Malachowski, University of San Diego; Jeffrey Osborn, The College of New Jersey
The involvement of undergraduate students in collaborative research with faculty is a proven and powerful pedagogy in view of the many educational benefits gained by students related to their cognitive, ...
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Student-focused, New frameworks and approaches to change, Department-level change
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm:3:30pm - 4:3:30pm - 4:00pm
On the RISE: Institutional transformation by harnessing synergies
Gita Bangera, Bellevue Community College
Transforming the culture of the third largest institution of higher education in the State of Washington is no small task; especially when that goal is to bring transformative learning including High Impact ...
Session Type: Oral Presentation
Tracks: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1)
Themes: Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1), Student-focused, Institutional-level change
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm:4:00pm - 4:4:00pm - 4:30pm