Course Revision in Introductory STEM Courses: An Exploratory Study at an HBCU Community College
| Autor: | Nathaniel J. Bray, Shonteria Johnson, Stephen G. Katsinas, Peggy Shadduck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education
ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION 4. Education 05 social sciences Professional development Exploratory research 050301 education Education Critical thinking 0502 economics and business ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Curriculum development Historically black colleges and universities 050207 economics Apprenticeship Faculty development 0503 education Curriculum |
| Zdroj: | Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 43:481-493 |
| ISSN: | 1521-0413 1066-8926 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10668926.2018.1494062 |
| Popis: | This paper presents the results of an exploratory study of a professional development-based effort at one of the nation’s 14 federally designated Historically Black Colleges and Universities community colleges. Course revisions included introductory courses in its Natural Sciences department. The goal was to improve students’ critical-thinking and reading skills in science through faculty professional development opportunities, to improve success across all science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula. This study examines faculty-selected professional development efforts combined with time release for course revision, and how it impacted students’ attitudes toward science and students’ critical-thinking skills. Six of the department’s 11 full-time faculty instructing introductory science courses received training in WestEd’s Reading Apprenticeship program and on critical-thinking skills. These faculty then revised their courses as they chose based on techniques learned during... |
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