Research Based Undergraduate Science Teaching by Dennis W. Sunal, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

A volume in Research in Science EducationSeries Editors Dennis W. Sunal, University of Alabamaand Emmett L. Wright, Kansas State UniversityResearch in Science Education (RISE) Volume 6, Research Based Undergraduate ScienceTeaching examines research, theory, and practice concerning issues of teaching science withundergraduates. This RISE volume addresses higher education faculty and all who teach entrylevel science. The focus is on helping undergraduates develop a basic science literacy leading toscientific expertise. RISE Volume 6 focuses on research-based reforms leading to best practicesin teaching undergraduates in science and engineering. The goal of this volume is to provide a research foundation for the professional development offaculty teaching undergraduate science. Such science instruction should have short- and longtermimpacts on student outcomes. The goal was carried out through a series of events overseveral years. The website at http://nseus. org documents materials from these events. The international call for manuscripts for thisvolume requested the inclusion of major priorities and critical research areas, methodological concerns, and results of implementationof faculty professional development programs and reform in teaching in undergraduate science classrooms. In developing research manuscripts to be reviewed for RISE, Volume 6, researchers were asked to consider the status and effectivenessof current and experimental practices for reforming undergraduate science courses involving all undergraduates, including groups ofstudents who are not always well represented in STEM education. To influence practice, it is important to understand how researchbasedpractice is made and how it is implemented. The volume should be considered as a first step in thinking through what reform inundergraduate science teaching might look like and how we help faculty to implement such reform. | Research Based Undergraduate Science Teaching by Dennis W. Sunal, Paperback | Indigo Chapters