The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): What Does Research Say is Effective in STEM Disciplines?

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The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
What Does Research Say is Effective in STEM
Disciplines?

• Temika M. Michael, M.Ed, Howard University
• 2nd LCSAA Convening
• Jackson State University
• May 17, 2005

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) An
Introduction

• Focus on Learning and Teaching Checklist
• Johari Window

I KNOW I DONT KNOW
THEY KNOW I support teaching, I say My actions dont support my words
THEY DONT KNOW I really mean it Whats behind the gap above?
North, J. (1996)
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) An
Overview

• Problem
• Invisibility of teaching
• Oversimplification of teaching
• Paradigm Shift Ernest L. Boyer
• Scholarship of Discovery
• Scholarship of Integration
• Scholarship of Application
• Scholarship of Teaching

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SoTL vs. Scholarly Teaching

• Scholarly Teaching
• The act of systematically collecting and using
  data to inform oneself on the effectiveness of
  teaching as related to student learning.
• The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
• Systematic study of teaching and learning and the
  public sharing and review of such work through
  presentations or publications.

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What is Effective in the STEM Disciplines?
Thinking outside the box Traditional vs. SoTL
approaches to teaching in STEM
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Case Teaching

• What is it?
• A variety of instructional approaches built
  around a central story or theme case.
• Purpose?
• To engage students in learning science.
• Improves?
• Student motivation, interest, and achievement in
  science.
• Connects?
• Real world contexts with science.
• Flexible

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Case Teaching (cont)

• National Center for Case Teaching in Science
• State University of New York - Buffalo
• http//ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/
  case.html
• Case studies w/teaching notes
• Conferences/Workshops
• Journals
• Professional societies

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Apprenticeship

• Peer Instruction
• Engagement in real literature
• Use of examinations as teaching opportunities for
  students

Brian A. Coppola http//www.umich.edu/michchem/fa
culty/coppola/
EXAMPLE OF BRIAN A. COPPOLA
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Learning Communities

• Problem-Based Learning
• Peer Teaching
• Service Learning
• Collaborative Learning
• Cooperative Learning

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Conclusions

• Traditional talk-and-chalk approaches to
  teaching STEM ineffective when used alone
• SoTL provides framework for multiple approaches
  to teaching STEM
• Student learning in STEM disciplines is enhanced
  through SoTL and Scholarly Teaching

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Q A

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  DC American Association for Higher Education and
  The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
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