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Adding Necessary Rigor to Engineering Pedagogical Change
Journal Article |
In this study, we explore the teaching of an acclaimed engineering education professor and his struggles to transform his classroom in light of the National Academy of Engineering standards. We argue that pedagogical…
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COVID-19: Sanitizing Lab PPE and More
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Halloween Activities: Don’t Be Spooked by the Need to Include Lab Safety
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Journal Article |
We quantified student perceptions of an active learning exercise, based on open-educational video resources, in both a first-year seminar class (Natural Environment of Athens and Georgia, three sections), and a larger…
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The Feeding Minds and Families Afterschool STEM Program
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Features of an Effective Future-Faculty Teaching-Development Program
Journal Article |
Many institutions are preparing graduate students and postdoctorals (future faculty) for effective teaching in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Interestingly, little is known…
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An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I
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This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. The treatment group received an exam wrapper intervention, a series of four…
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Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plant growth. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that plants use their stored food to grow in the absence of light.
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, October 13, 2020
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Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers
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With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) is an important research gap to study. Bandura defines self-efficacy as…