Adapting Effective 0utreach and Workshop Practices to Improve Community College Economics Instruction

经济学（82）这个项目向社区大学的经济学教师传播已经证明有效的经济学教学实践。目标是改善社区大学生的教学，通过增加社区大学教师参与现有的两个已被证明有效的教师发展计划来实现：教学与学习经济学（DUE 0817382）和教学创新计划（DUE 0338482）。这些课程以学习理论研究为基础，目前总共提供36个教学模块，所有这些模块都使用了对学生培养专家型经济学思维方式的见解。在第一年，在一项调查的基础上，评估了社区学院部门外展和教师发展的其他选择，该调查确定了四个不同社区学院环境中社区学院经济学讲师的相关特征。利用这些知识，计划举办一个规划研讨会，将社区大学的经济教育工作者与其他STEM学科的专家聚集在一起，这些专家已经制定了改善社区大学教学的计划。在第二年，将测试不同讲习班模式的相对有效性。其中包括：巡回研讨会、在线研讨会和区域研讨会。根据设计，科学教育资源中心（SERC）同意维持由此产生的有效的两年制大学经济学讲师社区。讲习班结束几个月后进行的一项参与者调查将评估该项目的有效性。该项目包括由咨询委员会进行的持续形成性评价和由外部评价人员进行的总结性评价的计划。

Economics (82)This project is diffusing proven effective teaching practices in economics to community college economics instructors. The goal is improved instruction for community college students, achieved through increased participation by community college instructors in two existing NSF programs for faculty development that have proven to be effective: Teaching and Learning Economics (DUE 0817382) and the Teaching Innovations Program (DUE 0338482). These programs are based on learning theory research and currently provide a total of 36 pedagogic modules, all of which use insights about the ways that students develop expert-like economics thinking. In the first year, alternative choices for outreach and faculty development in the community college sector are being assessed, building on a survey that identifies relevant characteristics of community college economics instructors in four diverse community college environments. Using this knowledge, a planning workshop is planned to bring together economic educators in community colleges with experts from other STEM disciplines that have already developed programs for improved community college instruction. In year two, the relative effectiveness of different workshop modalities is to be tested. These include: a traveling workshop, online workshops, and regional workshops. By design, the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) has agreed to sustain the resulting community of effective two-year college instructors in economics. A participant survey, conducted several months after the workshops, will assess the project's effectiveness. The project includes plans for ongoing formative assessment by an advisory board and summative assessment by an external evaluator.