STEM Education Research Teaching at Tech – Coffee Chat – 10/2 3:30-4:30 - Library East Reading Room STEM Education Research

MTU STEM Ed Landscape Institute for Research in STEM Education (iRISE) Supports fundamental and discipline-based educational research NSF IUSE – Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Funding opportunity that bridges practice and research Jackson Center Supports use of effective instructional practices

Jackson Center Continuously improve teaching and learning at all instructional levels Training Support Consultation Instructional Techniques and Educational Technologies Support Recognition of Outstanding Instructional Contributors http://www.mtu.edu/ctl

iRISE (Institute for Research in STEM Ed) Recognize, strengthen and encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration and efforts in The use and evaluation of STEM education pedagogy Fundamental and discipline-based educational research Securing external funding for STEM education Reports directly to Provost and VP for Research Not tied to any specific college, school or department on campus – truly cross-disciplinary

NSF IUSE Seeks proposals that address immediate challenges and opportunities facing undergraduate STEM education use and build evidence about improved STEM instructional practices; design and study innovative learning opportunities, including cyberlearning; create, implement, and test program, curricular, course, and technology-driven models; develop, implement, and test creative approaches for adoption of education research into disciplinary teachings; develop and validate assessments/metrics for undergraduate STEM learning and instructional practice; and conduct fundamental research on issues of undergraduate STEM teaching and learning. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14588/nsf14588.htm

Related Activities Cognitive and Learning Science’s plans for: STEM Ed Graduate Certificate STEM Ed PhD Program develop scholars to investigate, teach, disseminate new approaches and/or understanding of underlying learning processes within STEM Ed Both provide “work force” for STEM Ed activities Pavlis Honors College Cross-disciplinary engaged educational opportunities for all motivated students Discipline-based education research center serving Engineering, collaborating with and possibly a member center of the iRISE Institute MiSTAR Dow Foundation funded project Current independent STEM Ed research programs across campus

Other Background Smith, K., Sheppard, S., Johnson, D., & Johnson, R. (2005). Pedagogies of engagement: Classroom-based practices. Journal of Engineering Education, January, 87-101. http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/elc/Pedagogies_of_student_engagement_Smith.pdf Singer, S., and Smith, K. A. (2013). "Discipline‐Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering." Journal of Engineering Education, 102(4), 468-471. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jee.20030/pdf