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Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM : Making and Measuring Impacts

Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM : Making and Measuring Impacts. 2011 CCLI/TUES Principal Investigators (PIs) Conference. Don Lewis Millard, Ph.D. Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education. Welcome!. Question. How many of you are new to this conference?

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Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM : Making and Measuring Impacts

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  1. Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM:Making and Measuring Impacts 2011 CCLI/TUES Principal Investigators (PIs) Conference Don Lewis Millard, Ph.D. Program Director, Division of Undergraduate Education

  2. Welcome!

  3. Question • How many of you are new to this conference? • Please stand up…

  4. Although you might feel lonely…

  5. You are not alone!

  6. Thanks… Program Directors

  7. A special thanks… Russ Pimmel

  8. Setting the stage . . .

  9. What We’ve Learned • Need to motivate & engage students • Active classrooms trump passive classrooms • Students will remember more if provided less at any given time (average capacity of working memory is 7 chunks) • Experts organize their knowledge & have an ability to monitor/adjust their thinking/learning • Reflection fosters re-organization of thinking for deep learning • Faculty development takes time (vs. a single workshop)

  10. TUES/CCLI: What Works • Guided inquiry • Concept inventories • Peer-led team learning • Problem-based learning • Active recall of information • Effective use of technology

  11. TUES/CCLI: What Works • Student/faculty motivation can lead to big changes • Connect with prior thinking, relevance (sense & meaning) • Formative, on-going, in-class assessment • Not simply: • an onerous task • about accountability

  12. TUES vs. CCLI • Title changed to emphasize the special interest in projects that have the potential to transform undergraduate STEM education  • Emphasizes: • Materials, processes, or models that enhance student learning • Adaptation at other sites • Widespread adoption of best classroom practices • Exploration of cyberlearning

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