UPCOMING UC ALUMNI CAREER NETWORK WEBINARS
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HIRE UC Virtual Alumni Career Fair
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HIRE UC Virtual Alumni Career Fair
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
10AM to 4PM (Pacific) |
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What Americans Know About Science
-ScienceDaily
Americans with more formal education fare better on science-related questions, while Republicans and Democrats are roughly similar in their overall levels of science knowledge, according to a new study.
A Guide to STEM Majors: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Offer Many Degree Options Across Various Interdisciplinary Fields
-U.S. News
With strong industry growth predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and high-paying STEM majors topping the chart in the National Association of Colleges and Employers Winter 2019 Salary Survey, career options are abundant and wages are promising for graduates.
The Impact of a Pedagogy Course on the Teaching Beliefs of Inexperienced Graduate Teaching Assistants
CBE—Life Sciences Education
There has been little attention given to teaching beliefs of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), even though they represent the primary teaching workforce for undergraduate students in discussion and laboratory sections at many research universities. Secondary school education studies have shown that teaching beliefs are malleable and can be shaped by professional development, particularly for inexperienced teachers.
Closing the Achievement Gap in a Large Introductory Course by Balancing Reduced In-Person Contact with Increased Course Structure
CBE—Life Sciences Education
Hybrid and online courses are gaining attention as alternatives to traditional face-to-face classes. In addition to the pedagogical flexibility afforded by alternative formats, these courses also appeal to campuses aiming to maximize classroom space. The literature, however, reports conflicting results regarding the effect of hybrid and online courses on student learning.
Metrics and Methods Used To Compare Student Performance Data in Chemistry Education Research Articles
-ACS Publication
Quasi-experiments are common in studies that estimate the effect of instructional interventions on student performance outcomes. In this type of research, the nature of the experimental design, the choice in assessment, the selection of comparison groups, and the statistical methods used to analyze the comparison data dictate the validity of causal inferences.
Try, Try Again: The Power of Timing and Perseverance in Higher Education Reform
-Taylor & Francis
Successful change efforts can sometimes result from past “failures.” While changes in administration and economic recessions halted initial efforts in our case studies of studio classroom reform, it often created coalitions of people interested in innovative teaching that led to later successes.
America’s Underutilized Resource for Strengthening the STEM Workforce
-The National Academies Press
Research suggests that the cultural diversity of a nation’s workforce is a key factor in its ability to innovate and compete in a global economy. This report on the role of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in creating a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is motivated by the realization that the United States is unlikely to maintain its competitive advantage in STEM without the contributions that these institutions are uniquely positioned to make.
Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation
-SocArXiv
Quantitative performance ratings are ubiquitous in modern organizations—from businesses to universities—yet there is substantial evidence of bias against women in such ratings. This study examines how gender inequalities in evaluations depend on the design of the tools used to judge merit.