Welcome to the 2014 West Coast National Academies Summer Institute Brad Hyman University of California, Riverside West Coast NASI Host Chair, Department of Biology Director, CalTEACH Science/Mathematics Initiative Clarissa Dirks Co-Chair – Executive Committee for the National Academies Scientific Teaching Alliance

Tonight Some rationale for why we are here The Summer Institute Logistics Networking with your group 2

A Tiny World 3

Overarching Goals of the SI Initiative Transformation of Undergraduate STEM Education -Institutions emphasize student engagement & persistence, embrace diversity, and prioritize assessment -Students are motivated to learn science and welcomed into the scientific community 4

Calls for Reform 5 Bio2010, AAMC-HHMI report, Vision & Change, PCAST 2012, Persistence (Science, 2013)

In Good Company… Approaches: PBL, POGIL, CBL, PLTL, JiTT Research: Biology Scholars, DBER – e.g. SABER Organizations: PKAL, AAU, CIRTL, NSF, NIH, HHMI, HERI Evidence-based 6

Unique Features of SI Approach Aligns with scientific practice Offers customizable tools Three pillars: active learning, diversity, & assessment Robust infrastructure for curriculum and evaluation 7

11 Years of the Summer Institute Expansion Expansion to a regional model Seven SIs, +200 trained per year Successful transfer of curriculum Stabilization Stability of regional SIs established Behavioral change at home institution Early Years Curriculum development 35 faculty trained per year Core curriculum since 2007

NAS Summer Institute Regional Network Leadership Institute MidWest SI Mountain West SI Northeast SI Pacific SI Gulf Coast SI Southeast SI WVa U SI “Faculty should attempt to utilize teaching approaches that are most likely to help students learn…” - Bio 2010

10 Small = 1-3 Medium = 3-10 Large = 10 or more Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska not shown

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12 Group Work

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Behind the Scenes Center for Scientific Teaching at Yale –Jennifer Frederick, Director –Mark Graham, Evaluation Director –Oriana Aragon –Aiyana Bobrownicki –Corinne Moss-Racusin (Skidmore) –Evava Pietri –A.J. Waterhouse –James Young White House Office of Science and Technology Policy –Jo Handelsman Summer Institute Regional Leaders & NASTA Leadership Howard Hughes Medical Institute –David Asai –Cynthia Bauerlie National Academies of Science –Jay Lebov Cornell Office of Research on Evaluation –William Trochim, Professor and Director –Jane Buckley & Claire Hebbard Yale University –Margaret Clark & Jack Dovidio, Psychology –Tori Brescoll, Management 14

Logistics What will happen this week Where the events are located 15

16 residence ULB/Campbell Science Learning Labs You are here rec center eateries HUB

17 Schedule at a Glance