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Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM: Initial Results from an Interdisciplinary Literature Review
written by Charles R. Henderson, Andrea Beach, Noah D. Finkelstein, and R. Sam Larson
Although decades of research have identified effective instructional practices for improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, these practices are not widely implemented.  Scholars in three fields are interested in promoting these practices and have engaged in research on pedagogical change: Disciplinary-based STEM Education Researchers, Faculty Development Researchers, and Higher Education Researchers. There is little interaction between the fields and efforts in all areas have met with only modest success.  In this paper we present an initial examination of 130 randomly chosen articles from a set of 295 we identified as addressing efforts to promote change in the instructional practices of STEM faculty.  We identify four core change strategies and note that change strategies differ by fields. Articles in all fields frequently do not provide enough evidence to convincingly argue for the success of the change strategy studied and have few connections to theoretical or empirical literature related to change. This literature review and related efforts sit within broader efforts to promote interdisciplinary directed at facilitating lasting change.
Physics Education Research Conference 2008
Part of the PER Conference series
Edmonton, Canada: July 23-24, 2008
Volume 1064, Pages 131-134
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Education Practices
- Pedagogy
= Instructional Issues
General Physics
- Physics Education Research
- Lower Undergraduate
- Graduate/Professional
- Reference Material
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3021235
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© 2008 American Institute of Physics
A hard copy of the PERC 2008 proceedings is available for purchase from the AIP.
DOI:
10.1063/1.3021235
NSF Numbers:
0623009
0723699
PACSs:
01.40.Fk
01.40.Gb
01.40.G-
01.50.H-
01.50.F-
Keywords:
Educational Change, Higher Education, PERC 2008, educational aids, educational computing, educational courses, engineering computing, engineering education, research and development management, scientific information systems
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Metadata instance created September 24, 2008 by Jenny Rempel
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C. Henderson, A. Beach, N. Finkelstein, and R. Larson, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, 2008, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8094&DocID=727).
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C. Henderson, A. Beach, N. Finkelstein, and R. Larson, Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM: Initial Results from an Interdisciplinary Literature Review, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, 2008, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8094&DocID=727>.
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Henderson, C., Beach, A., Finkelstein, N., & Larson, R. (2008, July 23-24). Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM: Initial Results from an Interdisciplinary Literature Review. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8094&DocID=727
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Henderson, C, A. Beach, N. Finkelstein, and R. Larson. "Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM: Initial Results from an Interdisciplinary Literature Review." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2008, Edmonton, Canada, July 23-24, 2008. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8094&DocID=727 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Henderson, Charles, Andrea Beach, Noah Finkelstein, and R. Sam Larson. "Facilitating Change in Undergraduate STEM: Initial Results from an Interdisciplinary Literature Review." Physics Education Research Conference 2008. Edmonton, Canada: 2008. 131-134 Vol. 1064 of PER Conference. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8094&DocID=727>.
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