Marilyne Stains

Promoting adoption of research-based strategies: Understanding the impact of malleable factors on instructional practices in undergraduate STEM courses part of Transforming Institutions Conference 2023:Program:Presentations:Session F
The inclusion of active learning pedagogies repeatedly demonstrates favorable and enhanced student outcomes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. Despite calls for the adoption of ...

Exploration of the Relationship between Departmental Climate around Teaching and Adoption of Learner-centered Instructional Practice part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Events:Meetings and Conferences:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Poster Presentations:Poster Session C:Poster Session C-1
Instructional change in STEM courses at the postsecondary level has been advocated for decades with a particular focus on adoption of learner-centered instructional practices. One of the barriers for instructional ...

Departments with high usage of active learning instruction: How did they get there? part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Events:Meetings and Conferences:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Poster Presentations:Poster Session C:Poster Session C-1
What makes some departments stand out in terms of high quality teaching? We report on an interview-based study of 29 instructors in 18 departments to help answer this question. In Fall 2019, we distributed the ...

Teacher-Centered Systemic Reform (TCSR) Model part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Change Theories:Change Theories Collection
The teacher-centered systemic reform model focuses on the instructional change of individual faculty within a larger system. A teacher's thinking is central to their practice, and both occur within a larger context of personal factors and contextual factors.

Bringing social network analysis to higher education: How do peer interactions inform teaching decisions? part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Events:Meetings and Conferences:Transforming Institutions Conference 2019:Program:Oral Presentations:Session G
Despite the repeated calls for the widespread use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs), faculty cite various barriers to adoption of these practices. Many instructional change initiatives have ...