Welcome to the STEM+ Education Research community at MSU!
This is a space for STEM education researchers – including anyone who identifies with science education, DBER, SoTL, scholarly teaching and similar domains of scholarship. Let’s build community, co-create, and share the workload of becoming a nationally recognized, university-wide space for innovation in STEM education research.
Recent STEMed+ Research Essentials Talks
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Supporting Language Development for all Students to Become Scientists
Dr. Truckenmiller, an associate professor of special education and school psychology, talks about why language supports are critical for STEM education. In this talk, she presents several supports that can be integrated into K-12 and postsecondary education.
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Building Tools to Assess Changes in Physics Education: Inclusively Supporting Student Learning and Retention
Rachel Henderson, Assistant Professors at MSU, talks about how as science educators, we would like to prepare our students for 21st century science careers. During this talk she motivates the need for the next generation of physics assessment tools and then presents a few projects that her physics education research lab at Michigan State University…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K-12 STEM Education: Addressing Societal and Ethical Challenges
Dr. Christine Greenhow and Selin Akgün talk about how Artificial intelligence (AI) incorporates the applications of machine learning systems within automated assessment and facial recognition systems, personalized learning tools and microblogging systems. They discuss how these AI applications have the potential to increase capacity within education by supporting the social and cognitive development of students.
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SoTL Perspectives on Assessment
Caitlin Kirby, the Associate Director of Research for MSU’s Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative, talks about assessments are a rich source of data on student learning. She also discussed the difficulties in regards to designing assessments and integrating the results of assessments into future course design.
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Student support and student engagement – Insights from student support efforts in an online introductory mathematics course
Dr. Jun Fu, data analyst with the Neighborhood Student Success Center, talks about a student support program in an introductory freshmen-level online mathematics course at MSU, with goals to mitigate student disengagement, reduce student attrition, and cultivate meaningful interactions and relationships in an online course setting.