March 2018 – Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences

The Culture of STEM May Sideline Aspiring Queer Scientists

March 28, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

– Science Advances “Sexual minority” students were 7% less likely to persist towards a STEM degree compared to their heterosexual peers.

A Trend Toward Transparency for Ph.D. Career Outcomes?

March 27, 2018/0 Comments/in CIRTL /by maojacan

Three efforts — the Coalition for Next Generation Life Sciences; the 10,000 PhDs Project; and a new taxonomy of scientific jobs created by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences — […]

Same Course, Different Ratings

March 25, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

–Inside Higher Ed A new study in PS: Political Science combines elements of prior research on gender bias in student evaluations of teaching, or SETs, and arrives at a serious conclusion: institutions […]

The Benefits of Talking about Graduate Teaching

March 20, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

–Chronicle of Higher Education Columnist Anne Curzan argues for faculty members’ engaging in more discussion and mentoring about graduate pedagogy.

Is My Teaching Learner-Centered?

March 19, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

To gauge what it means to be a learner-centered instructor, consider these questions. (READ MORE) Characteristics of learner-centered teaching Does the course contain activities that put students in positions to learn […]

Join Project Bruin Strong!

March 19, 2018/0 Comments/in Announcements /by maojacan

Project Bruin Strong seeks to normalize challenges, failures, and set-backs during the college experience and to build community amongst students so that they are aware that we have all dealt […]

Why Colleges Must Change How They Teach Calculus

March 12, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

Each year many students abandon plans to become engineers or scientists because of poor performance in calculus. An active learning approach could help turn things around. [READ MORE]

Investigating the Influence of Gender on Student Perceptions of the Clicker in a Small Undergraduate General Chemistry Course

March 9, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

The use of electronic response pads or “clickers” is a popular way to engage students and create an active-learning environment, especially within large chemistry courses. The authors of this paper […]

How Kindness and Community Increases Students’ Participation in STEM Career Pathways

March 7, 2018/0 Comments/in Newsworthy /by maojacan

The United States’ inability to achieve equitable workforce development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career pathways is well-recognized and has been attributed to the poor retention of a […]

Group Vs. Collaborative Learning: Knowing the Difference Makes a Difference