{"id":21650,"date":"2015-04-09t10:58:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-09t15:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=21650"},"modified":"2015-04-16t14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16t19:44:31","slug":"thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/04\/thinking-stem-teaching-stem-a-blog-series-11\/","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 in the eleventh week of &#8220;thinking stem, teaching stem,&#8221; a blog series that spotlights some of the videos produced at vanderbilt for the cirtl mooc course, \u201c<strong>an introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching.<\/strong>\u201d this course 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>principles of learning<\/li>\n<li><strong>student motivation<\/strong><\/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>student motivation: motivation and the classroom<\/h2>\n<h3>week 11: motivation and the stem classroom<\/h3>\n<p>if we keep in mind last week\u2019s conversation on the factors that affect student motivation in stem disciplines, we move our focus this week to what these factors look like in actual undergraduate stem classrooms.\u00a0 we saw what <strong>dr. shane hutson, associate professor of physics at 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地<\/strong>, does in his physics classroom to tap into and encourage student motivation.\u00a0 the following videos show more faculty members from different stem disciplines discussing how student motivation plays out in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>dr. margaret rubega, associate professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of connecticut<\/strong>, teaches an ornithology course using social media not only to motivate students and get them involved, but also to connect course content and modes of thinking to students\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9o-nccrwcg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>dr. andrew west, assistant professor in the department of astronomy at boston university<\/strong>, discusses his course \u201calien worlds\u201d and how he encourages student motivation through a call and response system, among other pedagogical approaches, to get students engaged in 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\/qwbw8q-o2vk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>stay tuned next week as we move to our next blog topic: <strong>inclusive teaching<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>additional resources:<\/h4>\n<p>for a real time look at dr. rubega\u2019s use of twitter in her classroom, check out her class twitter hashtag: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/birdclass?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\">#birdclass<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 in the eleventh week of &#8220;thinking stem, teaching stem,&#8221; 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