Investigating Student Success Using Evidence-based Strategies (ISSUES)

这扩大实施示范循证改革（WIDER）奖是提供自然科学学院在加州州立大学圣贝纳迪诺（CSUSB）与教师学习社区（FLC），是确定，研究和试点循证教学实践在这所大学的最需要的领域。鉴于招生人数迅速增加和预算下降，CSUSB寻求开发和实施新的教学方法，提高学生的学习和保留。创建FLC的决定是基于FLC是一种比其他方法更有效的教师专业发展形式的证据。FLC专注于改善大班教学，采用在线教学方法，促进参与式学习活动，使用课外活动，与不同人群合作，实施适当的评估技术，并评估教学。该项目最初的重点是八门具体的入门课程，入学人数很多，不及格率特别高。此后，FLC正在收集数据，以确定学院教师使用循证教学实践的程度。FLC正在研究战略规划和组织变革方面的最佳实践，以便为如何在整个学院和大学采用循证教学实践开发一个模型。该项目的目标是在整个CSUSB传播最有前途的做法，从而提高学生的成绩。CSUSB是一个西班牙裔服务机构;自然科学学院有50%的西班牙裔人口，22%的其他少数民族人口和61%的女性人口。该项目的结果有望使整个州和全国的STEM项目受益，特别是CSUSB传播有关STEM学科循证教学实践的信息，并分享有关促进教学实践变革的经验教训。

This Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms (WIDER) award is providing the College of Natural Sciences at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) with a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) that is identifying, studying, and piloting evidence-based teaching practices in this University's areas of greatest need. In light of rapidly increasing enrollments and declining budgets, CSUSB seeks to develop and implement new teaching methods that improve student learning, and retention.The decision to create a FLC is based on evidence that FLCs are a more effective form of faculty professional development than other approaches. The FLC is focusing on improving teaching in large classes, employing online instructional methods, promoting engaged learning activities, using co-curricular activities, working with diverse populations, implementing appropriate assessment techniques, and evaluating teaching. Eight specific gateway courses with large enrollments and particularly high failure rates are the initial focus of the project. Thereafter, the FLC is collecting data to identify the extent to which faculty in the college use evidence-based teaching practices. The FLC is studying best practices in strategic planning and organizational change in order to develop a model for how evidence-based teaching practices can be adopted throughout the college and university. The goal of this project is to spread the most promising practices throughout CSUSB, thus improving student achievement. CSUSB is a Hispanic Serving Institution; the College of Natural Sciences has a 50% Hispanic population, 22% other minority groups population, and 61% female population. The results of this project hold promise to benefit STEM programs throughout the state and the Nation, especially as CSUSB disseminates information about evidence-based teaching practices in STEM disciplines and shares lessons learned about facilitating change in teaching practices.