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Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
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- 8 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on January 22, 2020
- Ends on March 29, 2020
Course details
Syllabus
- Effective teaching strategies and the research that supports them
- The value of learning through diversity and strategies to incorporate it in your classroom.
- How to assess these pedagogical strategies and decide which you would like to implement in your classroom.
Prerequisite
Instructors
Derek Bruff
Director
Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching
Bennett Goldberg
Director of the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching
Northwestern University
Henry (Rique) Campa
Associate Dean, Graduate School
Michigan State University
Cynthia Brame
Ph.D. Assistant Director at the Center for Teaching Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Kelly Clark
Director of the Teaching Academy, Co-leader of the Center of the Integration of Teaching and Learning
Johns Hopkins University
W.F. Preston Cumming
Coordinator, Center for Teaching & Learning
University of Colorado Boulder
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