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19 matchesThemes
- Assessment and evaluation 1 match
- Change leadership (ASCN WG 3) 1 match
- Costs and benefits of change (ASCN WG 2) 1 match
- DBER 1 match
- Department-level change 5 matches
- Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5) 4 matches
- Evidence-based practice 5 matches
- Faculty development 8 matches
- Guiding theories of change (ASCN WG 1) 7 matches
- Institutional-level change 8 matches
- Measuring the impacts of change (ASCN WG 4) 5 matches
- Student-focused 9 matches
Results 1 - 10 of 19 matches
Development of an integrative, student-centered program to improve student progression and retention.
Jennifer Louten, Kennesaw State University
Student retention and progression are critical issues for academic institutions. Student attrition directly translates into a loss of tuition income, fees, and alumni contributions (Stillman 2009). Moreover, it ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Student-focused, Measuring the impacts of change (ASCN WG 4), Institutional-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
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
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
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
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
Understanding and Enacting Math Department Change: An Approach in Four Frames
Naneh Apkarian, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
This poster reports on the analysis of a longitudinal study of change in a university mathematics department which revitalized and improved their precalculus/calculus program by implementing a series of strategies, ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Department-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Enrichment of a high-impact practice to promote STEM learning and build transferable skills in undergraduate students: Peer Supplemental Instruction at Georgia Gwinnett College
Cindy Achat-Mendes, Georgia Gwinnett College; Chantelle Anfuso, Georgia Gwinnett College; Judy Awong-Taylor, Georgia Gwinnett College; Benjamin Shepler, Georgia Gwinnett College; Sonal Dekhane, Georgia Gwinnett College; Katherine Pinzon, Georgia Gwinnett College; Jennifer Hurst- Kennedy, Georgia Gwinnett College; Cynthia Johnson, Georgia Gwinnett College; Jamye Curry, Georgia Gwinnett College; Elizabeth Sudduth, Georgia Gwinnett College; Rashad Simmons, Georgia Gwinnett College
Georgia Gwinnett College, a 4-year USG institution, has rapidly grown since 2006 to accommodate over 12,000 students. Our student population is ethnically diverse with 32% African American, 31% Caucasian, 21% ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Equity and inclusion (ASCN WG 5), Student-focused, Institutional-level change
Time: 2:45pm - 3:2:45pm - 3:30pm
Leading departmentally-based change initiatives: The Science Education Initiative Handbook
Stephanie Chasteen, University of Colorado at Boulder
Educational change efforts focused at the department level can be particularly powerful. Positive outcomes, however, are not automatic. This poster will share some of the big lessons-learned from the Science ...
Session Type: Poster Presentation
Themes: Change leadership (ASCN WG 3), DBER, 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
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