RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluating Promising Practices in Undergraduate STEM Lecture Courses
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 212
OP 233
DO 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.10
VO 2
IS 1
A1 Reimer, Lynn C.
A1 Schenke, Katerina
A1 Nguyen, Tutrang
A1 O'Dowd, Diane K.
A1 Domina, Thurston
A1 Warschauer, Mark
YR 2016
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/2/1/212.abstract
AB Over the course of one year, we systematically observed instruction in nearly all large gateway STEM courses at the University of California, Irvine to assess the prevalence of promising instructional practices and their implications for student success. More than half of the courses included promising instructional practices. Our most conservative student fixed-effects models suggest that students earn slightly higher grades in courses where instructors use explicit epistemological instruction, frequent assessment, and interactive instruction. Although we find no evidence to suggest that these strategies have lasting effects for the average UC Irvine student, we do find they have unique positive effects on the achievement of first-generation college students.