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The list of topics below is merely a starting point. To suggest additional topics or speakers, please contact Stephanie Pfirman (Environmental Science) or Lee Anne Bell (Education).
IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES
- Underachievement of students of color and women science students
- Effects of stereotype threat on student performance
- Fostering minority student achievement in mathematics
- Underadvancement of women science faculty
- Challenges in recruiting and retaining minority faculty
MENTORING
- Wise mentoring of students of color and women science students
- Effective mentoring of junior faculty
- Advancing productivity of women science faculty
PEDAGOGY
- How do student learning styles affect achievement?
- How can we encourage students to develop cognitive strategies for long-term learning?
- How can collaborative, problem based approaches facilitate student achievement?
- How do group dynamics affect the collaborative learning process?
- Supplemental Instruction: What is it, and is it right for your course?
- What works (and what doesn’t) in our introductory laboratory courses?
- Does class size matter?
- How can content changes influence student learning?
- How can we improve methods of student assessment?
- How can we monitor the effectiveness of curricular changes?
