TIGER activities

TIGER/CIRTL Activities

Summer 2009

TIGER/CIRTL Series

Teaching as Research in the STEM Disciplines

Tuesdays 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

200 ATLAS

June 16
229 ATLAS
(2:30 PM - 3:30 PM)
Getting IRB Approval for Educational Research Involving Human Subjects
Clair Dunne, HRC Panel A Coordinator, Graduate School
If you want to publish your STEM educational research, you will need to get Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval before any subjects are recruited or data collection is started. Claire Dunne, the HRC Education coordinator, will talk about what it takes to get IRB approval and many of the common mistakes she has seen on proposals.

June 23
200 ATLAS What You Need to Know to Conduct Educational Research
Valerie Otero, Associate Professor, Education
Chandra Turpen, Doctoral Candidate, Physics Education, Physics
While the research skills you have from your disciplinary research will help you in educational research, there are additional skills you may need to be successful with TAR. In this workshop Valerie Otero and Chandra Turpen will discuss some of the additional educational methodologies you will need to conduct educational research.

June 30
229 ATLAS How to Create an Effective Pre & Post Test for Your TAR Project
Kathy Perkins, Associate Director, CU Science Education Initiative
Wendy Adams, Director of Research, CU Science Education Initiative
When changing a course to improve students’ learning and understanding of a particular topic, how do you know if you were successful? Katherine Perkins and Wendy Adams will discuss how to construct pre and post tests to measure the effectiveness of educational interventions.

July 7
229 ATLAS What is Discipline-Based Education Research?
Benjamin Spike, Doctoral Candidate, Physics
Discipline-Based Education Research, also called the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) or Teaching-As-Research (TAR), is an emerging field that seeks to understand how people learn content knowledge in particular scientific disciplines. In this workshop, Ben will discuss what TAR and SoTL are and present examples from his own area of research, physics.

July 21
229 ATLAS Using Ed’s Tools to Assess Student Understanding and Build Educational Interventions
Michael W Klymkowsky, Professor, MCD Biology
Collecting and analyzing student responses and interviews can be a time consuming process. The online Ed’s Tools (https://edstools.colorado.edu/conceptInventories/index.html) simplifies this process. Michael Klymkowsky will discuss Ed’s tools and how it can be used to create educational interventions.

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For Further Information Please Visit: http://www.colorado.edu/gtp/

Tel: (303) 492-4902

Past TIGER Activities

June 16 229 ATLAS (2:30 PM - 3:30 PM)	Getting IRB Approval for Educational Research Involving Human Subjects Clair Dunne, HRC Panel A Coordinator, Graduate School If you want to publish your STEM educational research, you will need to get Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval before any subjects are recruited or data collection is started. Claire Dunne, the HRC Education coordinator, will talk about what it takes to get IRB approval and many of the common mistakes she has seen on proposals.
June 23 200 ATLAS	What You Need to Know to Conduct Educational Research Valerie Otero, Associate Professor, Education Chandra Turpen, Doctoral Candidate, Physics Education, Physics While the research skills you have from your disciplinary research will help you in educational research, there are additional skills you may need to be successful with TAR. In this workshop Valerie Otero and Chandra Turpen will discuss some of the additional educational methodologies you will need to conduct educational research.
June 30 229 ATLAS	How to Create an Effective Pre & Post Test for Your TAR Project Kathy Perkins, Associate Director, CU Science Education Initiative Wendy Adams, Director of Research, CU Science Education Initiative When changing a course to improve students’ learning and understanding of a particular topic, how do you know if you were successful? Katherine Perkins and Wendy Adams will discuss how to construct pre and post tests to measure the effectiveness of educational interventions.
July 7 229 ATLAS	What is Discipline-Based Education Research? Benjamin Spike, Doctoral Candidate, Physics Discipline-Based Education Research, also called the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) or Teaching-As-Research (TAR), is an emerging field that seeks to understand how people learn content knowledge in particular scientific disciplines. In this workshop, Ben will discuss what TAR and SoTL are and present examples from his own area of research, physics.
July 21 229 ATLAS	Using Ed’s Tools to Assess Student Understanding and Build Educational Interventions Michael W Klymkowsky, Professor, MCD Biology Collecting and analyzing student responses and interviews can be a time consuming process. The online Ed’s Tools (https://edstools.colorado.edu/conceptInventories/index.html) simplifies this process. Michael Klymkowsky will discuss Ed’s tools and how it can be used to create educational interventions.