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Fostering Teaching Improvement: How STEM Faculty Perceive the Affordances, Barriers, and Climate of their Departments for Teaching Improvement

Creator:

Lenz, Adam

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There is a national interest in improving the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in institutions of higher education in the face of mounting difficulties. Reports by the National Academy of Sciences in 2018 and 2020 found that the dissemination and adoption of effective, timely change initiatives...

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Dissertation

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Devon Quick who each mentored me as both a researcher and an instructor, and without whom my own
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) in a Studio Learning Environment: Practices, Epistemologies, and Pedagogical Development

Creator:

Smith, Christina

Abstract:

Providing transformational learning opportunities for undergraduate students demands changes to teaching practices. In large-enrollment introductory courses, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) play an important role in facilitating student learning in small group environments. However GTAs are not provided the pedagogical development necessary to support them to be effective in their teaching...

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Dissertation

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graduate career as well as all members of my committee: Dr. Devlin Montfort, Dr. Devon Quick, Dr. Jessica