@article{f78a0bdd3e7f4ecd8a17ce7c9f6d49f7,
title = "Benefits and Challenges in the Implementation of an Instructional-Teams Model for Supporting Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in Large-Enrollment STEM Courses",
abstract = "Instructors often encounter challenges in the implementation of evidence-based teaching practices in large-enrollment STEM courses. A novel Instructional-Teams Model (I-TM) seeks to address some of these challenges with the support of student assistants in specialized roles. I-TM roles focus on supporting course and classroom management (instructional managers), formative assessment (learning researchers), and student engagement (learning assistants, who are already a common feature of many large-enrollment STEM courses). We analyzed benefits and challenges in teaching with this model as expressed by participating instructors. Our results support the utility of the I-TM for implementing evidence-based, active-learning instruction in large-enrollment STEM courses.",
keywords = "Active learning, formative assessment, instructional team, instructional-teams model, learning assistants",
author = "Hester, {Susan D.} and Southard, {Katelyn M.} and Kim, {Young Ae} and Jonathan Cox and Elfring, {Lisa K.} and Paul Blowers and Vicente Talanquer",
note = "Funding Information: The Instructional-Teams Model project, including this work, is supported by the National Science Foundation–Improving Undergraduate STEM Education, under Grant #DUE-1626531. We want to thank all instructors and students involved in our project. Without their interest, effort, and enthusiasm to improve STEM education our project could not exist and move forward. We also wish to acknowledge the hard work of Dr. Amy Graham, who developed and teaches the Learning Assistant training course mentioned in this work. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2023",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1080/87567555.2021.1996323",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "71",
pages = "143--154",
journal = "College Teaching",
issn = "8756-7555",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "3",
}