BETTER in STEM Results Presented at NARST Conference

SMATE researchers Dustin Van Orman, Josie Melton, and Abbey Gray (student) presented results from the BETTER in STEM project—a collaborative research project at WWU, Whatcom Community College, and the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley—at the 2024 National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference in Denver, Colorado. The presentation included a detailed account of STEM instruction across 22 courses, including students’ perceptions of instruction, and faculty and students’ ratings of the extent to which they understood and used (faculty) or experienced (students) equitable and student-centered teaching. You can read the full conference paper here: Van Orman, Hanley, Melton, Gray, & Wilson, 2024; or see the presentation slides here. Learn more about the BETTER in STEM project at this site.