Pedagogy Journal Club: Active Learning and Scientific Teaching: Evidence-Based Approaches to Scholarly Teaching in STEM

December 4, 2025 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
ONLINE ONLY
Speaker(s): 
Marwa Atwa, Photon Science, SLAC

Required Readings:

Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(23); pp. 8410–8415. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319030111 -- LINK

Handelsman, J., Ebert-May, D., Beichner, R., Bruns, P., Chang, A., DeHaan, R., Gentile, J., Lauffer, S., Stewart, J., Tilghman, S. M., & Wood, W. B. (2004). Scientific Teaching. Science, 304(5670); pp. 521–522. DOI: 10.1126/science.1096022 -- LINK

Categories: 
OPA Program
Domain: 
Teaching