Interdisciplinary STEM
Courses
ISTM 511 Foundations in Evidence-Based STEM Pedagogy 3.0 Credits
A graduate level introduction to evidence-based approaches to teaching STEM undergraduates. Evidence-based pedagogies have been demonstrated to be successful in promoting student learning and success. Students in this course will discuss, research, and practice a number of evidence-based pedagogical approaches and think about implementation strategies for the classroom. Through classroom activities we will engage with a survey of evidence-based teaching approaches so that students can make informed implementation decisions after the course is over. There will be an emphasis on understanding why changes to STEM teaching are important for promoting retention and diversity in STEM fields.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ISTM 512 Advanced Undergraduate STEM Pedagogical Techniques 3.0 Credits
Students in this course will discuss, research, and practice a number of evidence-based pedagogical approaches and think about implementation strategies for the classroom. Through classroom activities we will engage with the vocabulary of evidence-based teaching so that students can continue to learn about these topics after the course is over. There will be an emphasis on understanding why changes to STEM teaching are important for promoting retention and diversity in STEM fields. In this course, students will address approaches to utilizing technology tools to support implementation of active-learning, confront how learning involves more than content and includes metacognition, epistemology, and affective features.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ISTM 513 Improving STEM Education Through Research 3.0 Credits
This course will allow students to learn the essentials of STEM education research so they can understand how to: search, read and understand the education literature to improve their approach to their teaching; develop viable research questions in STEM education; design studies to address STEM education research questions; interface with education researchers effectively; think about what is needed for effective grant writing and publication in STEM education.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ISTM 514 STEM Program Evaluation and Assessment 3.0 Credits
This course will allow students to learn and apply best assessment practices in STEM learning environments so that they are able to: develop their own cognitive and effective STEM assessments aligned with learning objectives; utilize rubrics and scoring keys to provide students with appropriate formative feedback and grades reflective of STEM learning; suggest modifications to STEM instructional practices based on assessment data.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
ISTM 515 Seminar in UG STEM Education 1.0 Credit
This course provides graduate students in Undergraduate STEM Education with an anchor for their capstone experiences (rotations or projects). The course will expose students enrolled in the 1.0 credit section to literature on undergraduate STEM education, organized around the broad course themes of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Development, Assessment and Evaluation and provides them an opportunity to engage with these ideas against the background of their specific STEM disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 2 times for 3 credits
Prerequisites: GRAD 511 [Min Grade: B] or ISTM 511 [Min Grade: B]
ISTM 516 Rotations in STEM Education 2.0 Credits
The research rotation course allows students to gain exposure to real-world experience in STEM education. In partnership with STEM departments from across Drexel’s campus, opportunities will be identified for students to support STEM educational missions across campus, while gaining experience with teaching, education research, curriculum design, educational assessment/evaluation or other applied projects in STEM Education. Students may choose to do all of their internships focused on developing one area, or they may choose to do three separate internships focused on distinct areas.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 2 times for 6 credits
Prerequisites: GRAD 511 [Min Grade: B] or ISTM 511 [Min Grade: B]
Corequisite: ISTM 515
ISTM 517 Projects in Undergraduate STEM Education 2.0 Credits
The Projects in Undergraduate STEM Education course allows students to gain exposure to real-world experience in STEM education through sustained, long-term engagement in efforts to understand and solve a complex problem in STEM Education. Students will work closely with a mentor faculty member in their discipline to support the STEM educational missions across campus through conceptualizing and understanding the problem context, designing and implementing an approach to address the problem and analyzing and disseminating results.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 2 times for 6 credits
Prerequisites: GRAD 511 [Min Grade: B] or ISTM 511 [Min Grade: B]
Corequisite: ISTM 515
