1. Pathways to Scientific Teaching
Sarah Lauffer
University of Wisconsin
Diane Ebert-May
Michigan State University

2. Instructional Design- Learning Cycle
Engage
Explore
Explain/Elaborate
Assess
Instructional Design- Learning Cycle

3. Engage

4. Question 1
Scientific teaching forms the core of my teaching philosophy.
Please respond on a scale of 1-5:
1=strongly agree; 2=agree; 3=neutral; 4= disagree; 5=strongly disagree

5. Question 2 Please respond on a scale of 1-5:
1=strongly agree; 2=agree; 3=neutral; 4= disagree; 5=strongly disagree
Students learn science best by doing science.

11. Question 3 Please respond on a scale of 1-5:
1=strongly agree; 2=agree; 3=neutral; 4= disagree; 5=strongly disagree
Science should be taught as it is practiced.

12. Learners doing science...

13. Please respond on a scale if 0-100
Question 4
Please respond on a scale if 0-100
in increments of 10:
How important is it to use multiple kinds of data to assess student learning?

14. Please respond on a scale of 0 - 100
Question 5
Please respond on a scale of
in increments of 10:
What percent of the assessment data from your students do you use to make instructional decisions?

15. Question 6
Please respond on a scale of 1-5:
1=strongly agree; 2=agree; 3=neutral; 4= disagree; 5=strongly disagree
Scientific teaching usually occurs in lecture classes (large or small) in my department.

16. Question 7
Please respond on a scale of 1-5:
1=strongly agree; 2=agree; 3=neutral; 4= disagree; 5=strongly disagree
In my department, excellence/scholarship in teaching is rewarded at a level comparable to excellence/scholarship in research.

18. Explore

19. Identify desired outcomes
Determine acceptable evidence
Design learning experiences and instruction
Wiggins and McTighe 1998

20. Exploring Scientific Teaching
...in groups by discipline
10 minutes
Identify one teaching challenge for an introductory course
Develop 3 learning objectives
Design/select 3 types of assessments for each objective that demonstrates students achieved the objective.

21. Exploring Scientific Teaching (cont.)
Go to the ST paper - on-line resources
What teaching challenges have other people identified about your topic?
How have they resolved them?
What data do they present?
Do you accept the data?
Will your peers accept the data?
Prepare a report - select reporter
20 minutes

22. Scientific Teaching Active is learning by doing Assessment is evidence
Diversity is science for all...