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The Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) at The University of Texas at Austin has transformed the undergraduate science education experience by merging the teaching and research missions of the research university.
Pedagogy | Educational Practices | Assessments | AccessThe UA AAU Undergraduate STEM Education Project has three primary goals: Redesign courses in five disciplines to include more evidence-based strategies, shift the culture at UA toward greater emphasis on collaborative active-learning pedagogies, and explore and develop Collaborative Learning Spaces…
Pedagogy | Scaffolding | Cultural Change | Educational Practices | Faculty Professional Development | Leadership CommitmentThe primary focus is to implement and evaluate our multiple-strategy approach for incorporating active learning into lower-level STEM courses. The multiple-strategies approach allows instructors flexibility in integrating active learning into a framework that meshes with their approach to teaching…
Pedagogy | Educational Practices | AssessmentsAs a direct result of the AAU STEM Initiative, we have implemented numerous professional development activities for our faculty. Professional development is being implemented in a multi-pronged fashion, and includes observation and feedback for faculty, and multiple professional development…
Pedagogy | Scaffolding | Educational Practices | Assessments | Faculty Professional DevelopmentThe Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory course introduces undergraduates to research by providing them an opportunity to discover novel microorganisms in the Amazonian rainforest and screen them for natural products with applications for human health and the environment. The students learn about…
Pedagogy | Articulated Learning Goals | Educational Practices | AccessFreshman Scholars at Yale (FSY) provides a cohort of incoming first-year students with the opportunity to engage early-on in the Yale experience by living and studying on campus for five weeks in the summer. At no cost to the students, Freshman Scholars participate in activities, coursework,…
Pedagogy | Access | Educational PracticesThe Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching work to transform STEM education through evidence-based practice. At regional Summer Institutes, college and university faculty, instructional staff, and future faculty develop teaching skills at multi-day workshops. Workshop topics focus on current…
Pedagogy | Educational Practices | Faculty Professional Development | ScaffoldingLed by Yale’s Shizuo Kakutani Lecturer in math, James Rolf, Online Experiences for Yale Scholars (ONEXYS) provides a cohort of incoming Yale students with the opportunity to prepare for the rigors of quantitative study at Yale before arriving on campus in the fall.
Pedagogy | Access | Educational PracticesThe Helmsley Charitable Trust supports four Helmsley Postdoctoral Teaching Scholars at Yale University, two in physics and two in math. The Helmsley Scholars pioneer innovative teaching approaches in their respective Yale departments as well as at area partner institutions, employing the use of…
Pedagogy | Educational Practices | Scaffolding | Faculty Professional DevelopmentThe "Being Human in STEM” project started as a class in fall 2016, adopting the same format as a course from Amherst College by Dr. Sheila Jaswal. The project will help establish a dialogue between STEM students and faculty, while working together to improve the accessibility and inclusivity of…
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