{"id":21073,"date":"2015-01-23t13:54:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-23t18:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=21073"},"modified":"2015-01-25t23:22:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26t04:22:01","slug":"thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/01\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series\/","title":{"rendered":"thinking stem, teaching stem: a blog series"},"content":{"rendered":"
by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a>last fall 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地 partnered with the\u00a0cirtl network<\/a> and several other universities to\u00a0create an open, online course for future and current stem faculty, hosted on coursera, titled \u201can introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching<\/strong>.” drawing upon the expertise of experienced stem faculty, educational researchers, and representatives of university teaching centers, this course\u00a0explored effective teaching strategies for college or university stem (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) classrooms.<\/p>\n among other learning activities, the course featured videos of various types, including explanatory videos on evidence-based learning principles and teaching practices, case studies featuring interviews with faculty and students and scenes from classrooms. today, the cft launches a new weekly blog series, “thinking stem, teaching stem,” to spotlight some of the videos produced at vanderbilt for the cirtl course. the series will loosely follow the thematic trajectory of the course through the following topics:<\/p>\n as we present these videos over the next few months, we hope you will enjoy, react, reflect, share, and respond either in our comments section below, via social media, or in person.<\/p>\n the emphasis in this module is on the principles of student learning: what it looks like, what can affect it, and how to make it visible<\/strong>.\u00a0 this week, we\u2019re taking a look at a particular part of that process: what students bring with them into the stem classroom (besides their textbooks and laptops!).<\/p>\n as instructors, we know that students come into our classrooms with diverse backgrounds, previous learning experiences, and sometimes, certain misconceptions. \u00a0part of our work in teaching is to shed light on those misconceptions, understand what created those misconceptions, and redirect student attention towards a reexamination of those misconceptions.\u00a0 how do we do that?<\/p>\n in the video below, dr. shane hutson, associate professor of physics at 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地<\/strong>, discusses the types of undergraduate students in his physics classroom and the misconceptions they bring with them, including examples of specific physics misconceptions and ideas for how to make them visible and how to approach them.<\/p>\n\n
principles of learning: prior knowledge<\/h2>\n
week 1: what do students bring to the stem classroom? (part 1)<\/h3>\n