Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gail P. Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology; Frank T. Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Teachers College, Columbia University; Patricia J. Holahan, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

CurriculumIntroductionUniversities nationwide, especially those with a research focus, are challenged to improve thequality of teaching and the skills and professionalism of their faculty in the teaching domain. Inthis context, the authors undertook a five-year project, funded by the National ScienceFoundation EHR/IUSE program, to support transformation to evidence-based teaching andlearning practices in the core mathematics, science and engineering courses taken by allengineering students in their first two years at Stevens Institute of Technology. Strategies tosupport faculty change include ongoing discussions of the principles of teaching and learningand discipline-based education research; trained undergraduate peer assistants to facilitate active-learning pedagogies

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Horacio Vasquez, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Virgil U. Pierce, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Arturo A. Fuentes, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

number of students receiving final grades of A or B, and also not a significant numberof students are dropping the course.As part of activity 4, every peer leader student received training that included an introductionsession, weekly preview sessions, and a final lesson learned session. The introduction sessioninvolved faculty engaging peer leaders in cooperative-style learning exercises and mentoring bestpractices that are subsequently applied in the activities. Weekly preview sessions with“gatekeeper” course faculty covered course content and pedagogical approaches. Ongoingchallenges and lessons learned were documented in a final session with all mentors and facultyinvolved. The number of mentors in the fall 2016 were four, in spring 2017 were

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

interests include the educational climate for students in science and engineering, assets-based approaches to STEM equity, and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Dr. Cara Margherio, University of Washington Cara Margherio is a Senior Research Associate at the UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE). Cara serves as project manager for program evaluation on several NSF- and NIH-funded projects. Her research interests include community cultural wealth, counterspaces, peer mentoring, and institutional change.Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington Ms. Doten-Snitker is a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Washington’s Center for Eval- uation and