Event Materials Archive

  • Access, Barriers, and Student Strategies to Online Formative Assessments in Introductory Biology

    Need: Formative assessments (FAs), such as homework assignments, can improve learning by providing structure and feedback, which can help…

  • Prevalence of and barriers to the adoption of high-impact teaching practices

    This project is using a Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) as the basis for acquiring data from stakeholders about the…

  • Addressing the Challenge of Authentic Inquiry at Scale: Probing and Supporting Teaching Assistants

    Need: Evidence suggests that classroom laboratory experiences can provide opportunities for students to participate in authentic science practices and…

  • Testing Tutor: A Testing Pedagogical Active Learning Platform

    In programming courses, students often write and debug code by trial-and-error, running it on sample input (often provided by…

  • Using Degree Experience Plans to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Diversity of CS Undergraduates

    The need: We believe that STEM disciplines such as computer science must develop new and better ways to improve:…

  • Using Multilayered Interventions to Improve Undergraduate Transfer Student Success in Biology

    Need: Community colleges are a vital entrance point for students seeking careers in STEM, but the process of transferring…

  • Utilizing Professional Development Across Institution Types to Promote Research-based Instruction

    The Promoting Research-based Instructional Methods for Enhancing and Reforming STEM Education (PRIMERS) project was funded by NSF to facilitate…

  • Working with the community to develop authentic curricular material for hydrology education

    Need: The overarching goal of this project is to facilitate the development, use, and adoption of innovations that support…

  • Workshop on the Substance of STEM Education

    We are underprepared at multiple levels for the economic, environmental, and societal disruptions that accompany the advance of global…