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Nguyen, Kevin A.; Borrego, Maura; Finelli, Cynthia J.; DeMonbrun, Matt; Crockett, Caroline; Tharayil, Sneha; Shekhar, Prateek; Waters, Cynthia; Rosenberg, Robyn – International Journal of STEM Education, 2021
Background: Despite the evidence supporting the effectiveness of active learning in undergraduate STEM courses, the adoption of active learning has been slow. One barrier to adoption is instructors' concerns about students' affective and behavioral responses to active learning, especially student resistance. Numerous education researchers have…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Research, STEM Education
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Shekhar, Prateek; Maura Borrego – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2017
Engineering education research has empirically validated the effectiveness of active learning over traditional instructional methods. However, the dissemination of education research into instructional practice has been slow. Faculty workshops for current and future instructors offer a solution to promote the widespread adoption of active learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Engineering Education, Program Implementation, Teacher Workshops