{"id":21218,"date":"2015-02-12t12:20:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-12t17:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=21218"},"modified":"2015-02-12t12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12t17:20:03","slug":"thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/02\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-6\/","title":{"rendered":"thinking stem, teaching stem: a blog series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><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 fourth 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, \u201c<strong>an introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching<\/strong>,\u201d which drew on the\u00a0expertise of experienced stem faculty,\u00a0educational researchers, and representatives of university teaching centers.\u00a0 as previously mentioned, the series will loosely follow the thematic trajectory of the course through the following topics:<\/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 4: moving towards the big picture (part 2)<\/h3>\n<p>last week we examined the nature of student knowledge organizations and possibilities for making those structures visible.\u00a0 this week, we\u2019re taking a look at how we can help our students move along the spectrum towards more robust and expert-based knowledge organization, i.e. <strong>big picture thinking<\/strong>.\u00a0 since the move towards big picture thinking and complex knowledge organization can sometimes be difficult for students, <strong>making their own processes visible not only to us, but also to the students themselves<\/strong> can be a valuable first step.\u00a0 a second step towards helping our students understand big picture thinking is being <strong>transparent with our students about our own expert knowledge organizations<\/strong> and how we created them.<\/p>\n<p>in this second video, 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 <strong>how they applied the evidence they gathered from their concept maps<\/strong> towards their respective classroom structures and how this application helped move their students towards big picture disciplinary thinking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2gwhscalika\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>for dr. friedman, the evidence generated by her students\u2019 concept maps indicated that she could spend more <strong>time in class helping students make nuanced connections<\/strong> between major disciplinary ideas.\u00a0 this lead to a gradual move toward the <strong>flipped classroom<\/strong> model, which allowed students to experience first exposure before class and work on the application of knowledge in the classroom, thereby making room for the development of those nuanced connections.<\/p>\n<p>for dr. osterhage, the concept map structure provided the framework for how she organized the whole course.\u00a0 as the course progressed, e<strong>ach class session was spent building the concept map incrementally and generating connections<\/strong> that would ultimately lead to students not only seeing the big picture, but also creating it for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>additional resources:<\/h4>\n<p>for more information on student representations of knowledge organizations, please see the video below, featuring our cft director, derek bruff.\u00a0 for more information on the flipped classroom, check out the cft\u2019s teaching guide on the subject <a href=\"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/guides-sub-pages\/flipping-the-classroom\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b7q4vuz_a50\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow the cft is now in the fourth week of the weekly blog series, &#8220;thinking stem, teaching stem,&#8221; 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