Mentoring Faculty Course Reform Teams to Disseminate Evidence-based Reforms and Engage Departments
Andrew Feig, Wayne State University; Sara Kacin, Wayne State University
One of the greatest challenges with implementing evidence-based reforms of STEM teaching is engaging research-focused tenure-track faculty. In many cases, these faculty need the right mix of incentives and ...

Using Data-Driven Faculty Professional Development To Promote Change In Undergraduate Education
Gili Marbach-Ad, University of Maryland-College Park; Carly Hunt, University of Maryland-College Park; Patrick Sheehan, University of Maryland-College Park; Kaci Thompson, University of Maryland-College Park
Employers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields report that recent graduates are deficient in important workplace skills (e.g., collaboration, professional writing). This has motivated ...

Spreading teaching-reform efforts at the University of Arizona
Lisa Elfring, The University of Arizona; Jonathan Cox, The University of Arizona
It can be difficult for individuals within higher-education institutions to move their work in reformed, evidence-based instruction from the individual to an institutional-adoption level (Foote, Knaub, Henderson, ...