Lightning Talk Archive

  • Students as Partners in Educational Transformation

    The shifting sands of higher education and a pandemic have made it difficult to find a stable pathway to…

  • Numerical Skills as a Barrier to Entry to STEM: Results from General Education Science Courses

    Much of the dialogue surrounding effective pedagogy for college-level general education science courses has been focused on how best…

  • Studying Retention and Graduation of Underrepresented CS Students at Multiple Institutions

    This talk reflects upon a multi-institutional project looking at practices to improve retention and graduation rates of Black computer…

  • Improving the Sustainability of Data-rich Activities through the Community Contribution Tool

    Curriculum materials available through the National Association for Geoscience Teachers’ Teach the Earth (TTE) website are freely available for…

  • Insights From MPAACT: A UNC System Math Pathways Project

    The University of North Carolina (UNC) System Math Pathways for African American Collegiate Transformation (MPAACT) project seeks to increase…

  • Integrating Nuclear Magnetic Resonance into the Undergraduate Science Curriculum

    Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is an important tool in the modern STEM workforce that also provides the foundation for…

  • Introducing the Science of Team Science (SciTS) in the Undergraduate Curriculum

    Team or Convergent Science is research conducted by more than one individual in an interdependent fashion, including research conducted…

  • Investigating Learning Progression Modules in Science Courses for Preservice Elementary Teachers

    All teachers need a strong understanding of the content that they teach, and when they are less knowledgeable their…

  • Investigating Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science into the Metallurgical Engineering

    The IUSE grant, Investigating the Impact of Arts on Student Learning by Introducing Glass Science in the Materials Engineering…