[RUME] Over Eighty Annotated and Hot-linked References to Sources Containing or Alluding to Data Demonstrating the Benefit of Reform Pedagogy in STEM Disciplines

[Richard Hake]

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ABSTRACT:  Janice Liddel, in her POD post of 2 Oct 2008 "Article 
titles requested" asked for references to "articles that explain the 
viability and/or successes of SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and 
Learning) or curriculum revision in achieving positive student 
outcomes." In response, Angela Linse stated that science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines value rigorous data 
and advised Janice to START WITH THE DATA by obtaining "concrete 
examples. . . [of rigorous data]. . . .  from STEM and complete 
citations from the literature."  In response to the above, in a 122 
kB AERA-L post at <http://tinyurl.com/4z3qlt>, I list over eighty 
annotated and hot-linked references containing or alluding to data 
demonstrating the benefit of reform pedagogy in STEM disciplines.
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Janice Liddel (2008), in her POD post titled "Article titles 
requested" wrote [my insert at ". . . . . .[insert]. . . ."; my CAPS]:

". . . . .[Science, Technology, and Mathematics]. . . . faculty at 
our institution can become quite defensive about any suggestion that 
there are problems in their. . . [teaching]. . .  areas - even when 
the data demonstrate it (they blame the students). . . . .  we've 
developed a bit of strategy to launch this. . . .[Scholarship of 
Teaching and Learning]. . .  initiative and the Dean suggested, as 
part of the strategy, that I find some relevant articles that explain 
the viability and/or successes of sotl or curriculum revision in 
achieving positive student outcomes in these academic areas at other 
institutions.  Can anyone suggest any good ones?"

To which Angela Linse (2008) responded [my insert at ". . . . . 
.[insert]. . . ."; my CAPS]:

". . . . .  it's critical to be familiar with what those. . . 
[Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM)]. . . 
disciplines value.  . . . . . rigorous data is one of the first 
things that comes to mind as of value to scientists. . . . . . Many 
of us working with STEM have a mantra: "START WITH THE DATA."  It is 
even better if you can refer to distributions, outliers and p-values! 
. . . . .[or, even better, effect sizes]. . . . . At the very least, 
you need concrete examples from STEM and complete citations from the 
literature . . . . . . I think that some of what is labeled 
'resistance' may be more a reflection of a different cultural and 
communication traditions."

Janice Liddel's request is similar, in some respects: to an earlier 
POD request by Patti Thorn (2008a) "Science education reform 
references?" to which I and others previously responded as indicated 
in "Summary of responses to locate science education reform 
references" [Thorn (2008b)].

In a separate 122 kB post titled "START WITH THE DATA. . . . ." [Hake 
(2008)], online on the OPEN! AREA-L archives at 
<http://tinyurl.com/4z3qlt>, I list over eighty annotated and 
hot-linked references containing or alluding to rigorous data 
demonstrating the benefit of reform pedagogy in STEM disciplines.

These references  reflect my own limited acquaintance with the vast 
STEM education literature and represent only a  tiny fraction of the 
relevant citations.  Nevertheless, they supplement, to some extent, 
the valuable bibliographies provided by Craig  Nelson (2000, 2004, 
2008)

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of  Deventer, The Netherlands.
<rrhake at earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>

". . . . studies indicate that problem-based discussion, group study, 
and other forms of active learning produce greater gains in critical 
thinking than lectures, yet the lecture format is still the standard 
in most college classes, especially in large universities."
         Derek Bok (2005)

REFERENCES [Tiny URL's courtesy <http://tinyurl.com/create.php>.]
Hake, R.R. 2008.  "START WITH THE DATA: Over Eighty Annotated and 
Hot-linked References to Sources Containing or Alluding to Data 
Demonstrating the Benefit of Reform Pedagogy in STEM Disciplines," 
AERA-L post of 10 Oct 2008 16:38:15-0700, online at 
<http://tinyurl.com/4z3qlt>,

Liddel, J. 2008. "Article titles requested." POD post of 2 Oct 2008 
13:02:47-0400; online at <http://tinyurl.com/4wpnbq>. Janice Liddel's 
request is rather similar to that of Patti Thorn (2008a).  See the 
response by Hake (2008x) and Thorn's (2008b) summary of responses.

Linse, A. 2008. "STEM Faculty 'Resistance', " POD post of 3 Oct 2008 
12:11:51-0400; online at <http://tinyurl.com/3htl7c>.

Nelson, C.E. 2000. "How To Find Out More About  College Teaching And 
Its Scholarship: A Not Too  Brief, Very Selective Hyperlinked List"; 
online  at  <http://php.indiana.edu/~nelson1/TCHNGBKS.html>.

Nelson, C.E. 2004. "Doing It:  Selected Examples of Several of the 
Different Genres of the  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," 
Journal of  Excellence in College Teaching 14(2-3): 85-94;  online to 
subscribers at 
<http://celt.muohio.edu/ject/issue.php?v=14&n=2+and+3>.  A shortened 
version is online at  <http://mypage.iu.edu/~nelson1/00_Genres.pdf> 
(100 kB).

Nelson, C. 2008. "STEM SOTL Examples re Faculty resistance," POD post 
of 4 Oct 2008  00:55:30-0400; online at  <http://tinyurl.com/3wms9r>.

Thorn, P. 2008a. "Science education reform references?" POD post of 
18  Jun 2008 10:11:36-0700; online at <http://tinyurl.com/5zex6y>. 
For a compilation of responses see Thorn (2008b).

Thorn, P. 2008b. "Summary of responses to locate science education 
reform references" POD post 20 Jun 2008 11:28:25-0700; online at 
<http://tinyurl.com/4yql9s> .