{"id":21165,"date":"2015-02-05t12:15:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-05t17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=21165"},"modified":"2015-02-12t12:21:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12t17:21:29","slug":"thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/02\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-5\/","title":{"rendered":"thinking stem, teaching stem: a blog series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\"><img data-attachment-id=\"21066\" data-permalink=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/02\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-2\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\" data-orig-size=\"286,271\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cirtl logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2.gif\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-21066\" title=\"cirtl logo\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154948\/wucirtl_cirtl_logo2-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>the cft is now in the third week of the weekly blog series, &#8220;thinking stem, teaching stem,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">&#8221; as a way to spotlight some of the videos produced at vanderbilt for the cirtl mooc course, \u201c<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: inherit;\">an introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">,\u201d which drew on the\u00a0expertise of experienced stem faculty, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">e<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">ducationa<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">l res<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">earchers, and representatives of university teaching centers.\u00a0 as previously me<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;\">ntioned, the series will loosely follow the thematic trajectory of the course through the following topics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>principles of learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>student motivation<\/li>\n<li>inclusive teaching<\/li>\n<li>the role of lectures<\/li>\n<li>inquiry-based labs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>if you would like to see other installments of this blog series, please click the tag \u201cthinking stem, teaching stem\u201d at the bottom of this post.\u00a0 to access the videos featured in this series on youtube, please the cft&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/uczr3xouyh7-biztnxpgqyva\">youtube channel<\/a> or go directly to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=pllznzp-sl3mn6jacdt912et7ehz7cd4wv\">blog playlist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>principles of learning: knowledge organization<\/h2>\n<h3>week 3: moving towards the big picture (part 1)<\/h3>\n<p>this week we\u2019re looking at what it means to <strong>help our students see the big picture in our respective disciplines<\/strong>.\u00a0 the move towards big picture thinking and complex knowledge organization can sometimes be difficult for students, so it is important for us as instructors to identify where our students are in that process.\u00a0 as novices, students are often unfamiliar with how experts in the discipline organize their knowledge.\u00a0 teaching students <strong>how to make connections between ideas and organize their knowledge like experts<\/strong> moves the students beyond the development of routine expertise towards <strong>adaptable expertise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>dr. kathy friedman, associate professor of biological sciences at 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地, and dr. jennifer osterhage, lecturer in biology at the university of kentucky, discuss how they made student knowledge organizations visible through the use of <strong>concept maps<\/strong> in their genetics course and how these knowledge structures related to student performance on tests.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #666666;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/igibzdtre-a\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>for dr. friedman and dr. osterhage, the concept maps were helpful in understanding how their students organized their knowledge and how it differed from the knowledge organizations they identified as important learning objectives for their course.\u00a0 moreover, it gave students the opportunity to be reflective about their own learning process and where they were in it.<\/p>\n<p>come back next week for more from dr. friedman and dr. osterhage on strategies for helping students develop their knowledge organization!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h4>additional resources:<\/h4>\n<p>for more information on <strong>building adaptive expertise<\/strong> and <strong>knowledge organizations<\/strong>, please see the videos below, featuring our cft director, derek bruff, and michele dipietro, director of the center for excellence in teaching and learning at kennessaw state university.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l8uzfb5hrfi\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dfnvwcgnolw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>for more information on concept maps, check out the university of alberta\u2019s centre for teaching &amp; learning page on concept maps <a title=\"concept maps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctl.ualberta.ca\/instructional-resources\/instructional-techniques-assessment-guides\/concept-maps\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow the cft is now in the third week of the weekly blog series, &#8220;thinking stem, teaching stem,&#8221; as a way to spotlight some of the videos produced at vanderbilt for the cirtl mooc course, \u201can introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching,\u201d which drew on the\u00a0expertise of experienced stem&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":21166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[79,69,262,263],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wp0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2018\/07\/09154942\/screen-shot-2015-02-05-at-11.11.54-am.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21165"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21165"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21222,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21165\/revisions\/21222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}