In this blog by Charles Henderson and Noah Finkelstein, the authors explore the idea of a mid-scale initiative and how that work could significantly amplify the impact of DBER and advance ...
In this essay, Dr. Malcom reflects on the changes that have occurred since her las "Teachers of the 21st Century" essay. A pandemic, online learning, and technology have been major ...
A key to effective teaching is an awareness and accurate understanding of the thinking and implicit assumptions that students bring to the subject to be learned. In the absence of extensive ...
This revised Reflecting on our Roots post reflects on the Mentoring and the 1997 article published by the National Academies titled; ADVISER, TEACHER, ROLE MODEL, FRIEND: ON BEING ...
This essay by Shirley Malcom revisits the Equity and Excellence: Compatible Goals report, which was conducted in support of the work of the National Science Board Commission on Pre-College ...
Hi OFBP and DBER community! Dr. Noah Finkelstein recently shared his thoughts on DBER, and the main goals of education. The article is linked below. Please feel free to read, comment ...
Evaluating learning outcomes depends upon objective and actionable measures of what students know – that is, what can they do with what they have learned. In the context of a developmental ...
The conference on “minority women” in science was held in December 1975 and the report, The Double Bind: The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science, was published in 1976. Since ...
The Reflecting on our Roots essays were originally ported in the INCLUDES Open Forum. They have now been updated by Shirley Malcom to reflect current events. This latest piece is focused ...
Demand for tech professionals is expected to increase substantially over the next decade, and increasing the number of women of color in tech will be critical to building and maintaining ...