Recombinant Teaching: STEM Education Office Hours with Dr. Justin Shaffer

Justin is joined by Colleen Kelley to discuss the importance of foundational skills that lead to student success. What skill do you think they focus on? Hint: you just used that skill as you are perusing these show notes!Want to be a part of the show? Submit a question!Colleen Kelley, PhD, is a retired chemistry professor and current elementary school science teacher. You can learn more about her and her efforts to improve chemistry education for all ages at the links below.Kids Chemical SolutionsColleen's LinkedInColleen's TEDx talkCheck out Justin's reading guides and other free teaching materials on his website.Read the paper on the development of the TOSLS and Justin's paper showing that reading comprehension is the number one predictor of TOSLS scores.Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.www.recombinanteducation.com

Justin answers a question from a sports science faculty member in Portugal about how to apply evidence-based STEM education principles to an exercise physiology course.Want to be a part of the show?http://recombinanteducation.com/podcastOur question comes from João Paulo Brito at the Sport Sciences School of Rio Maior | Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Portugal.ORCiD - 0000-0003-4357-4269 | CIENCIAVITAE - 3315-6060-AF8CCheck out Justin's templates and other free teaching materials on his website.https://www.recombinanteducation.com/materials/Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.www.recombinanteducation.com

Justin answers a question from a biology faculty member about getting their students to prepare ahead of time for a flipped classroom. Could it be that the word "flipped" is contributing to the issue?Want to be a part of the show?http://recombinanteducation.com/podcastOur question comes from Shaun Martins who is a biology professor at Cabrillo College in California.https://www.linkedin.com/in/drshaunmartins/Check out Justin's reading guides and other free teaching materials on his website.https://www.recombinanteducation.com/materials/Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.www.recombinanteducation.com

Carter Moulton joins the show and Justin answers the question about how to help faculty use active learning in large classes. TLDR - yes, you can!! :)Want to be a part of the show?http://recombinanteducation.com/podcastCarter Moulton is a faculty developer at the Colorado School of Mines and the creator of the Analog Inspiration card deck.https://www.analoginspiration.ai/Listen to Carter on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast and read him on Inside Higher EdLink to Justin's interview with Amanda Irvin discussing active learning in large classes on the Dead Ideas in Teaching podcast.https://podcast.show/dead-ideas/episode/148741887/See Justin in action with active learning in his 440 student intro bio course at UC Irvine (back in the day!).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNSiUqB7tALink to the active learning resource REALISE at the University of Georgia.https://seercenter.uga.edu/realisevideos/Learn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.www.recombinanteducation.com

Justin tackles a question about how to handle genAI with take-home assignments.Want to be a part of the show?http://recombinanteducation.com/podcastLearn how you, your department, or your institution can work with Justin to improve STEM education together.www.recombinanteducation.com