Event Materials Archive

  • Longitudinal investigation of the decision process in adoption of course-based research

    NEED: Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an effective method of engaging students in authentic research experiences, but many…

  • Improving Students’ Creative Problem Solving Skills in Engineering using Visual Representation

    Contemporary problems are not well defined and have multiple possible causes that are unlikely to be solved by traditional…

  • Improving the Preparation of Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics

    The College Mathematics Instructor Development Source (CoMInDS) offers several types of support to the faculty who are preparing graduate…

  • Improving Undergrad Education in Civil & Building Engineering through SCPS and Real-world Problems

    Need: Education research and theory show that active learning increases student learning and motivation. However, Civil and Building Engineering…

  • Improving Undergraduate Scientific Reasoning: Exploring the Role of Data Literacy Skills

    Need: Undergraduate students’ scientific reasoning skills are challenging to develop in undergraduate general-education science classes. Some research has show…

  • Improving Undergraduate Success through Effective Critical Thinking (iUSE-CT)

    Data for engineering programs across the country indicates a large gap between first-year retention rates and graduation rates for…

  • High Leverage Teaching Practices for the Proof-Based Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom

    Need: Professional organizations have called for undergraduate mathematics courses to become less lecture-focused. However, transitioning to more active approa…

  • HOPE: A Quantitative Methodology to Determining the Effects of an Educational STEM Program.

    This analysis aims to construct a quantitative methodology that can evaluate the effectiveness of the Hostos Oasis for Parents’…

  • How do early-career mathematics instructors teach? First findings from Project Launchpad

    Many STEM organizations across STEM disciplines offer teaching-related professional development (TPD) to early-career faculty, and many people believe that…