Join this free webinar series, featuring discussions with authors from recently published articles in ® (JMBE). Come meet other biologists who do discipline-based education research (DBER); become more familiar with study design and interpretation of data of DBER studies; and learn how to improve your teaching in the process. Register for each webinar individually. Free for everyone!
After attending JMBE Live! webinars, participants will be able to do the following:- Discuss critical aspects of DBER research study design.
- Interpret results of DBER studies.
- Describe how DBER studies can inform classroom or laboratory teaching.
- Be more motivated to conduct your own DBER study and publish in JMBE.
Tools for Coordinating Measurement Use in Science Education and Training
Friday, Dec. 5. 1 p.m. ET
The improvement of existing science education interventions and the development of new ones require cohesive, large-scale evaluation and testing that inform what works, for whom and in what context. Systems approaches to design, implement and evaluate interventions require knowledge, skills and expertise in studying humans alongside the lived experiences and positionality of biological science leaders and practitioners who may not have the necessary social science background to do so. Developing a shared understanding of evaluation design and measurement use is an important component toward fostering interdisciplinary collaboration for the improvement of our education and training interventions.
Join us for an insightful webinar where the authors argue that the coordinated use of common measures benefits individual interventions, as well as consortia and collaborative groups that make use of them. They provide examples of consortia and partnerships that make use of common measures within and across programs for evaluation and research. They will describe existing common measure tools and libraries that foster the coordination of common measures. Finally, the authors suggest next steps to improve tools for use by the broader science education and training research community. Whether you’re an educator, researcher or administrator, this session will provide actionable takeaways to inform practice and future study of biology education.
Speakers:
- Fatima Sancheznieto, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Christine Pribbenow, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Moderated by , JMBE Editor in Chief, San Diego State University.
About the Journal
The ® (JMBE) offers original, previously unpublished, peer-reviewed articles that foster scholarly teaching and provide readily adoptable resources in biology education at the undergraduate, graduate, professional (e.g., medical school), K-12 and informal education levels. JMBE is edited by informed science educators who are active in the pursuit of scholarly teaching and biology education reform.Explore past JMBE Live! webinars on our YouTube playlist.