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Socially Enabled Actors: The Emerging Authorship of Fixed-Term Instructional Faculty to Enact and Sustain Organizational Change
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Quardokus Fisher, Kathleen; Koretsky, Milo D. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
There have been calls for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) faculty in higher education to transition from traditional lecturing to instructional practices that are supported by empirical evidence. Administrators can coordinate such transitions through organized change initiatives. At the same time, there has been a shift…
Descriptors: College Faculty, STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change
Querying the Questions: Student Responses and Reasoning in an Active Learning Class
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Koretsky, Milo D.; Brooks, Bill J.; White, Rachel M.; Bowen, Alec S. – Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Background: We investigated student responses to multiple-choice concept questions during active learning activities where students write justifications for their answer choices. Purpose: We selected two questions that asked students to apply the same concept in the same way but that have different surface features. We characterized students'…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Responses, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items
Written Justifications to Multiple-Choice Concept Questions during Active Learning in Class
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Koretsky, Milo D.; Brooks, Bill J.; Higgins, Adam Z. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Increasingly, instructors of large, introductory STEM courses are having students actively engage during class by answering multiple-choice concept questions individually and in groups. This study investigates the use of a technology-based tool that allows students to answer such questions during class. The tool also allows the instructor to…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Questioning Techniques, Active Learning, Technology Uses in Education
Using Word Clouds for Fast, Formative Assessment of Students' Short Written Responses
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Brooks, Bill J.; Gilbuena, Debra M.; Krause, Stephen J.; Koretsky, Milo D. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2014
Active learning in class helps students develop deeper understanding of chemical engineering principles. While the use of multiple-choice ConcepTests is clearly effective, we advocate for including student writing in learning activities as well. In this article, we demonstrate that word clouds can provide a quick analytical technique to assess…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education, Science Education
Student Attitudes in the Transition to an Active-Learning Technology
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Koretsky, Milo D.; Brooks, Bill J. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2012
Changes in student perceptions to a novel technology-based, active-learning pedagogy using a custom, sophisticated, personal response system called WISE were studied over the first five years it was used. Students tended to view active learning more favorably over time, particularly in regards to statements that required them to be interpretive of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Active Learning, Attitude Change, Educational Technology
The AIChE "Concept Warehouse": A Web-Based Tool to Promote Concept-Based Instruction
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Koretsky, Milo D.; Falconer, John L.; Brooks, Bill J.; Gilbuena, Debra M.; Silverstein, David L.; Smith, Christina; Miletic, Marina – Advances in Engineering Education, 2014
This paper describes the "AIChE Concept Warehouse," a recently developed web-based instructional tool that enables faculty within the discipline of chemical engineering to better provide their students concept-based instruction. It currently houses over 2,000 concept questions and 10 concept inventories pertinent to courses throughout…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Educational Philosophy, Computer Assisted Instruction