The CU Science Education Initiative is…

a university-supported, 5-year, $5M project to improve how we teach science to all undergraduate students. The project focuses on:

1) supporting faculty to approach the teaching of science as a science, that is to:

• Identify difficulties in and develop an understanding of student learning by using or developing research-based tools/techniques to monitor student learning.
• Use instructional approaches guided by research on learning and measures of student learning.
• Develop and utilize beneficial educational technology.
• Archive and disseminate proven methods and materials.

2) supporting institutional change through departmentally-driven efforts to achieve sustained improvements in their students’ learning.

clickers website & videos

We have a new website devoted to clickers, including clicker questions & videos of expert teachers

NSTA & ACS Materials

The CU SEI program co-hosted exhibit booths at the NSTA and ACS conferences. To download zipped materials provided at those conferences, click herefor NSTA and herefor ACS.

2008 Department Update.

The CU SEI program works with 5 departments on campus: Chemistry and Biochemistry; GeoSciences; Integrative Physiology; Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; and Physics. Our latest 2008 Annual Report to the Chancellor is available here . The 2007 Report is here.

Faculty Resources Available

If you are interested in papers, presentations, workshops, and course materials developed by the CU SEI program, go here. Check the calendar for upcoming SEI events. Contact us to schedule additional events or to suggest new workshops.

Partnership with University of British Columbia CU and UBC actively collaborate on their efforts to improve science education on college campuses. Visit CW-SEI at UBC.

Phet wins nsf 2007 visualization award