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Equitable instructor assessment changes amid COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak mandated a rapid transition to online classes with little warning. Previous literature studying the effect of this sudden shift demonstrated enormous impacts on instructors and students. However, the details concer...
By Todd Lamb, Emily Driessen, Abby Beatty, Rachel Youngblood, Abby Esco, Sehoya Cotner, Catherine Creech, Abby Drake, Sheritta Fagbodun, Kristen Hobbs, Kelly Lane, Erin Larson, Sophie McCoy, Seth Thompson, Cissy Ballen
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Student Self-Assessment of Exam Preparation in 100 and 200-Level Chemistry Courses
Student self-assessment surveys were utilized to look at student study habits in several areas. Both self-reported study time and study methods were explored. Surveys were given to students after receiving their graded exams. When compared to the ...
By Andrew Karatjas
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The Influence of Learning Assistants on Faculty Use of Student-Centered Instruction
The Learning Assistant (LA) Program is a near-peer teaching model with three key components: 1) reevaluation of curriculum and lesson design to incorporate undergraduate LAs as a central part of the course, 2) a seminar attended by first-time LAs whe...
By Cameron Hill, Kathryn Spilios, Anthony Barrasso
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Student advice for success in high structure science and engineering courses
High structure courses ask students to be active participants in the learning process with pre-class content acquisition and assessment, in-class active learning exercises, and after-class review assignments. While faculty may suggest certain strateg...
By Arik Ringsby, Justin Shaffer
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Pedagogical approaches for supporting students’ argumentative writing in science laboratories have not been fully established. This paper examines the development of argumentative abilities in undergraduate students enrolled in chemistry laboratory...
By Ruomei Gao, Judith Weinstein-Lloyd, Jody Cardinal
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Faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS University) recognized the potential benefits for collaborative teaching and learning across disciplines. Research and development of an “Interprofessional Case Learning Projec...
By Nalini Broadbelt, Nevila Jana, Katrina Van Dellen, Michelle Young, Kristen Petersen
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Effective learning through a remote lab kit in an undergraduate invertebrate biology course
Active learning provides students with meaningful and introspective roles in education. However, it’s difficult to achieve in online class settings, particularly for biology laboratories initially designed to offer direct interactions with live org...
By Daniel Zarate, Kathleen Sheahan, Jingchun Li
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Using Structured Academic Controversy for STEM Education Leadership Programs
As ethical issues involving computer technologies and social media become more common, there is increasing interest in what role ethics should play in Computer Science education. As a result, Computer Science departments worldwide have increased effo...
By Mariana Alvidrez, Christopher Villa, Elaine Hampton
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Active learning is the new standard for teaching in higher education. As more faculty seek to expand their teaching practices by including active learning activities that promote higher levels of learning, many are doing so in small doses by temporar...
By William Beckerson, Jennifer Anderson, Siddhesh Kulkarni, John Perpich, Deborah Yoder-Himes
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Disasterologists At The Movies: An Innovative Use of Twitter for Disaster Education
A common course activity used by emergency management faculty is the screening of Hollywood disaster films to provide students an opportunity to apply key disaster concepts learned in lecture. When college courses were abruptly moved online in 2020, ...
By John Carr, Samantha Montano, Jordan Titera, Amy Hyman
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Virtual field experiences (VFEs) hold promise as a mechanism to approximate the in situ field experiences that are central to many undergraduate programs in the natural sciences. In this Delphi study, the collective expertise of 26 VFE experts was so...
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Single Parents Represent an Underutilized Resource for Undergraduate Research Training
Undergraduate and graduate research opportunities represent a unique educational opportunity for students in that it can stimulate interest and potential careers in academic disciplines. Students who are single parents, can also benefit from this opp...
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Tab-meta key: a model for exam review
Traditional exam reviews are passive and face many challenges to prepare students for exams. In this study, we proposed the “Tab-meta key†model, which emphasizes five major factors (Time, Accountability, Big picture, Key concepts, and Me...
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SoTL Clusters: Faculty-focused Needs-Based Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Support
To further teaching and learning, there has been a push to engage faculty to pursue research on teaching. With the recognition that science research often occurs in research teams, we sought to create a research-cluster approach to support faculty en...
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Embedding Study Skills in STEM Courses to Increase Retention and Success: A Quantitative Study
This study was conducted to determine if embedding effective study skills within a course would result in an increased use of these skills and, therefore, increase success and retention in introductory level science, technology, engineering and math ...
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