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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
Improving opportunities for student learning in large enrollment undergraduate STEM courses through the development of instructional team members that focus independently on classroom management and student thinking
Jonathan Cox, The University of Arizona
While overwhelming evidence in support of active learning has propelled many undergraduate courses toward transformation, instructors often encounter implementation challenges in large enrollment introductory STEM ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Evidence-based practice, Faculty development, Department-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Assessing the Diffusion of Guided-Inquiry Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiments Through Faculty Workshops
Dilhara Liyanage, Virginia Commonwealth University
The POGIL-PCL Project has implemented the principles of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) to improve student learning in the physical chemistry laboratory (PCL) course. Inquiry-driven physical ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Evidence-based practice, Measuring the impacts of change (ASCN WG 4), 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
Transforming the Educational Experience with High Impact Practices
Jaclyn Rivard, University of Southern Mississippi; sarah cox, Western Michigan University;
High Impact Practices (HIPs) are widely tested and have demonstrated impact for students from a wide range of backgrounds (Kuh, 2008), including as an effective way to increase student retention among ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Student-focused, Faculty development, 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
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
Open Educational Resources: How to rethink the textbook from multiple perspectives
James morris, Purdue University-Main Campus
This poster will outline the value of Open Educational Resources (OER), while focusing on the strategies available for implementation in Higher Education. Strategies will emphasize approaches to take from an ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Evidence-based practice, Student-focused, Faculty development
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm