Entries by trandrew

The Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network is Now Accepting Applications for the Next Cohort of PALM Fellows and their Mentors.

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PALM Fellows Will: Gain mentorship from leaders in undergraduate biology teaching and learning Learn best practices in teaching and in assessing active learning Create an original teaching module that engages students in active learning Join a community of scientists dedicated to active teaching and learning, and share ideas and support Participate in Fellow-mentor journal clubs,…

Evaluating the Extent of a Large-Scale Transformation in Gateway Science Courses

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–Science Advances Science Advances evaluate the impact of an institutional effort to transform undergraduate science courses using an approach based on course assessments. The approach is guided by A Framework for K-12 Science Education and focuses on scientific and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas, together called three-dimensional learning.

Availability of Cookies During an Academic Course Session Affects Evaluation of Teaching

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–NCBI Results from end-of-course student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are taken seriously by faculties and form part of a decision base for the recruitment of academic staff, the distribution of funds and changes to curricula. However, there is some doubt as to whether these evaluation instruments accurately measure the quality of course content, teaching and…

Conflicted Views of Technology: A Survey of Faculty Attitudes

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–Inside Higher Ed The proportion of college instructors who are teaching online and blended courses is growing. So is their support for using technology to deliver instruction. But their belief in the quality and effectiveness of online courses and digital technology isn’t keeping pace. Those are among the findings — conflicting and confounding, as is…

Availability of cookies during an academic course session affects evaluation of teaching

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– National Center for Biological Information Results from end-of-course student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are taken seriously by faculties and form part of a decision base for the recruitment of academic staff, the distribution of funds and changes to curricula. However, there is some doubt as to whether these evaluation instruments accurately measure the quality of…

Students Are Rarely Independent: When, Why, and How to Use Random Effects in Discipline-Based Education Research

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– CBE Life Sciences Education Discipline-based education researchers have a natural laboratory—classrooms, programs, colleges, and universities. Studies that administer treatments to multiple sections, in multiple years, or at multiple institutions are particularly compelling for two reasons: first, the sample sizes increase, and second, the implementation of the treatments can be intentionally designed and carefully monitored, potentially…

When Group Work Doesn’t Work: Insights from Students

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– CBE Life Sciences Education Introducing group work in college science classrooms can lead to noticeable gains in student achievement, reasoning ability, and motivation. To realize these gains, students must all contribute. Strategies like assigning roles, group contracts, anonymous peer evaluations, and peer ratings all encourage student participation. In a class using these strategies, we conducted…