Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The Challenges of Spreading and Sustaining Research-Based Instruction in Undergraduate STEM, by Charles Henderson Western Michigan University
Description:
There have been many calls for the reform of introductory Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses. These calls have resulted in a cadre of researchers who study the teaching and learning of undergraduate STEM and have developed instructional methods that improve student learning. There currently exists a substantial gap between research-based knowledge of best practice' instructional methods and the teaching practices of typical STEM faculty. This talk will connect data about the spread of research-based instructional strategies in college-level STEM to ideas from the change literature. Recommendations will be made for how to decrease the knowledge-practice gap.
{Will appear in FYI on Jan 29, 2013
Start Time:
3:00 PM
End Time:
4:30 PM
Room:
1103
Venue:
Bioscience Research Building
Common Location Name:
Other
Web Address:
cmns-tlc.umd.edu/henderson
Other Contact Information:
Gili Ad-Marbach
+1 301 405 2075
gilim@umd.edu
cmns-tlc.umd.edu/teachingandlearningcenter
