Five– Year Initiative for Improving Undergraduate STEM
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Transcript Five– Year Initiative for Improving Undergraduate STEM
AAU Undergraduate
STEM Initiative
Tobin Smith
AAU Vice President for Policy
Mission Statement
The goal of the AAU Undergraduate STEM
Education Initiative is to help influence
change in the culture of STEM
departments at AAU universities so that
they will use evidence-based, studentcentered, active, sustainable pedagogy in
their classes, particularly at the freshman
and sophomore levels.
The Motivation…
The Five Minute University
Rationale
Workforce needs → Competitiveness
Desire for a scientifically-literate population
New scholarship on what works in the
classroom: evidence-based teaching methods
Several AAU institutions are already at the
forefront of improving STEM undergraduate
education
Problem
Completion
Broad based literacy
Research universities don’t produce
as many STEM majors as other
colleges and universities
Key Components
Framework (Goal #1)
Demonstration Projects (Goal #2)
Incentives (Goals #3 and #4)
Promising Practices (Goal #5)
Framework [Goal #1]
What is the Framework?
A taxonomy of evidence-based practices that can be used to improve STEM
teaching and to measure these improvements.
Core Component Pedagogy
Who will use it?
The framework is designed to be used by several
different stakeholders including:
Faculty
Administrators
Departments
Institutions
How will it be used?
The framework is usable along several dimensions:
To improve teaching and learning in the classroom
To coordinate courses within the department
To determine how broadly evidence-based techniques are being used
Out with the old…
In with the new…
Demonstration Projects [Goal #2]
A subset of AAU institutions will
be identified to serve as
demonstration sites that will
implement the framework.
Activities will include
developing tools to
measure:
The quality of teaching
and learning in STEM
classes
How evidence-based
teaching methods are
being used
The effects of improved
teaching on STEM and
Non-STEM majors
Vs.
Incentives [Goals #3 and#4]
FEDERAL
Work with federal
agencies on mechanisms
to encourage good
teaching
INSTITUTIONAL
Explore institutional and
departmental incentives for
good teaching
Including:
◦ Working with HHMI and
others on promising
practices for evaluating
teaching in promotion and
tenure
Promising Practices [Goal #5]
To develop effective means for sharing information
about promising & effective undergraduate STEM
programs, approaches, and methods.
Key Projects
Promising Practices Resource Booklet &
Workshop
Program Evaluation Techniques
Other Parallel Efforts
Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU)
Business Higher-Education Forum (BHEF)
Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)
Primary Area(s) of Emphasis
Course
Pedagogy Content/Curriculum
Association of American Universities
(AAU): Undergraduate STEM Education
Initiative
Broader
Institutional
Policies and
Practices
Workforce Development
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Target Institutions
Retention of
Women, Minorities
Graduate Student
and other UnderTraining/Future represented groups
Faculty Development Faculty Development
in STEM
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Bay View Alliance (BVA)
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Association of Public Land-grant
Universities(APLU): Minority Male STEM
Initiative
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Association of Public Land-grant
Universities(APLU)/American
Association of Community Colleges
(AACC)/Open Learning Initiative (OLI):
Cognitive Coursewares Design
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Business Higher Education Forum (BHEF):
STEM Higher Education Workforce
Projects
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Center for the Integration of Research,
Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL)
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Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL): STEM
Student Transfer Success
Bay View Alliance (BVA)
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Reinvention Center
Vision and Change in Undergraduate
Biology Education
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Research
Study
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Course Re-design
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Framework
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University of Texas-Austin/U-Teach
Institute/National Math & Science
Initiative (NMSI): U-Teach Program
American Physical Society: Support
Programs for Undergraduate Instruction
American Association of Community
Colleges (AACC): Advanced Technical
Education Program
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Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL): Leadership
for 21st Century STEM
Mechanisms for Implementation
Community
Demonstration Workshops/Forums/
Colleges Incentives
Projects
Conferences/Seminars
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Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL): Framework
for Institutional Effectiveness in STEM
Learning
Minority
Serving
Institutions
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(HHMI): Society of HHMI Professors
Comprehensive
Research and Liberal Arts
Universities
Colleges
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Association of Public Land-grant
Universities (APLU): Science and
Mathematics Teacher Imperative (SMITI)
K-12 Teacher
Development
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Complementary Reports
President’s Council of Advisors on Science &
Technology (PCAST):
Engage to Excel Report
National Research Council (NRC): DisciplineBased Education Research Report (Expected mid2012)
Discussion
and
Q&A