Sift and See: Why Examining Precursor Non-Cognitive Variables is Critical to Improving STEM Teaching and Learning
Back in 2018, at the Gender Summit 15-Europe (GS15) in London, several of my colleagues and I had the privilege of foregrounding an exciting new study on gender equality in STEM education research (Monrose-Mill et al., 2020). In short, the study examines non-cognitive variables of undergraduate freshman students majoring in STEM. While this may not […]
Human-Centered Data Collection; Engaging Kinesthetic Learners
Start planning to collect impact data from your STEM education programs that will engage the minds and hearts of your kinesthetic learners. The ILC Human-Centered data collection process was built to respond to ALL types of learners including visual, auditory and kinesthetic learners. For instance, we collect data from focus group participants about past experiences […]
Beyond Graphs to What Truly Matters: Resilience, Sense of Belonging, and STEM Success
On January 15, 2015, I had the opportunity to participate as a panelist at the Front and Center: Bringing Marginalized Girls into Focus in STEM and Career and Technical Education (CTE). The event was sponsored by the White House and Georgetown Center for Poverty and Inequality, Georgetown Law Center. See more at Front and Center: Girls of […]
Higher Education & Entrepreneurship
STEM Entrepreneurship can catapult students’ interest in STEM after years of marginal engagement especially from students of color. ILC will soon be writing articles on this. In the meantime, check out this great article written by Daniel Margolis for Chief Learning Officer. He quotes Cathy Ashmore, executive director of the Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education: “There […]