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Which datasets should students analyze?

Dr. Katelyn M. Cooper from Arizona State University was on JMBE Live! this week (4/16/2021) to talk about their recent study: “Students Who Analyze Their Own Data in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Show Gains in Scientific Identity and Emotional Ownership of Research.” Maya J. Munstermann worked with Cooper on this study as a graduate student. They worked with […]
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Gendered Experiences in STEM

Dr. Katie Hinde from Arizona State University presented as part of the SABER Diversity & Inclusion Speaker Series 2021 on Gendered Experiences. The presentation was entitled “Land of milk and “honey”: Confronting gendered experiences in field research” and focused on gendered issues in field research.  Hinde started by providing a scenario and polling the audience. Then […]
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Virtual Mentoring Routines and Communities

Dr. Cindy Smith and Dr. Tony Dobinson from Curtin University presented last year a Quality Matters (QM) session on mentoring online. As I prepare for our BIT SURE summer program, I want to learn how to be a better mentor. I know it can still be done virtually, and making a connection is critical. Smith […]
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Prosocial Utility and Textbooks

Karen Hales facilitated a virtual journal club session as part of the LSE webinar series last October that caught my attention: “Promoting Science Interest with Prosocial Utility.” Jeanette Zambrano, a doctoral student in Urban Education Policy with a concentration in Educational Psychology at University of Southern California introduced goal-congruity theory. Zambrano talked about dropout in […]
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CUREs in 2020

Last June, Dr. Erin Dolan and CURENet and ASCB hosted a webinar about how course-based undergraduate research experiences (CURE) were taught during the pandemic. This webinar is available on the ASCB YouTube channel. The panel included: Dr. Katelyn Cooper, University of Central Florida Dr. Lauren DePue, University of Texas – Austin Dr. Enid Gonzalez- Orta, […]
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Supporting Black Women in Mathematics

In a presentation entitled “Black women and belongingness: An interrogation of STEM education as a white, patriarchal space.” Drs. Luis Leyva and Nicole Joseph from Vanderbilt University presented work on the experiences of Black women in STEM. First Dr. Joseph discussed the gaps in representation for Black women in STEM and particularly in mathematics. Leyva […]
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How do students perceive their understanding of biology terms?

Dr. Lisa McDonnell is an Associate Teaching Professor at UC San Diego and was on the Online with LSE webinar series to discuss a recent publication about “Identifying Troublesome Jargon in Biology.” I like how Online with LSE is now having graduate students moderate the sessions! McDonnell began by highlighting how there is a lot […]
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Studying Faculty ‘Personas’

I watched the Online with LSE: “Using Personas as a Tool for Learner-Centered Professional Development” webinar tonight. Dr. Paula Lemons from the University of Georgia described their study with nineteen faculty from long-term learning communities at six institutions. These communities focused on evidence-based assessment practices. Lemons started this study in early 2014! The volunteer participants […]
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M-LoCUS?

I’ve been thinking about Dr. Jeff Maloy’s JMBE Live presentation a couple of weeks ago. I watched part of it live, then watched the recording a week ago, and returned to it today after sharing the link and talking about it this week. Maloy is teaching faculty at UCLA with extensive experience in education research. […]
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Decoding Online Course Design… with Research

Drs. Laura Cruz, Joan Middendorf, and Karen Bellnier presented a 2020 Lilly Conference online recorded session focusing on difficulties and opportunities in online courses framed using research. Where do students get stuck in their learning in courses you teach? Is it analyzing research articles? How is it different when teaching online… or right now during […]
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