Sandra Laursen

Strengthening Systemic Change Initiatives through Scaffolding Processes: Insights for Change Leadership Teams part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Presentations:45 Minute Oral Presentations
Experience and research have shown that systemic organizational change is challenging to implement and sustain. In addition to the specific interventions and strategies used to advance organizational change goals, ...

ADVANCE and Beyond part of ADVANCE and Beyond
The ADVANCE and Beyond study is examining working processes of organizational change that take place "behind the scenes" in large, complex, institutional change projects in higher education.

A comparison of outcomes of intensive in-person and online instruction-focused professional development for undergraduate math instructors part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Poster Presentations:Poster Session A:Poster Session A-1
Research based instructional strategies (RBIS) have been shown to be positively related to student learning. However, most STEM instructors do not have the knowledge and skill necessary to implement RBIS ...

Choosing the right tool for the job: The role of traveling workshops in engaging math faculty in active teaching strategies part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Poster Presentations:Poster Session A:Poster Session A-2
Between 2016 and 2020, the PRODUCT project hosted four-day, intensive professional development workshops for undergraduate mathematics instructors interested in incorporating inquiry-based learning (IBL) into their ...

Thinking Strategically about System Change: Building Gender Equity in the Academy part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Poster Presentations:Poster Session C:Poster Session C-2
The poster will share strategies and lessons learned from research studying institutional change projects to enhance gender equity on STEM faculties. Our 2020 book, Building Gender Equity in the Academy: ...

When Seeing is Believing: Generalizability and Decision Studies for Observational Data in Evaluation and Research on Teaching part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Presentations:Session VIII
Structured classroom observations are widely used in research and evaluation of STEM classrooms to characterize teaching and learning activities. Because conducting observations is typically resource intensive, it ...

It depends how you slice it: How measurement and analysis methods affect sensitivity in detecting instructional change following professional development part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2021:Program:Presentations:Session II
To assess whether any change initiative has succeeded, it is important to be able to measure the resulting change. Our project draws on data from an established professional development initiative that has offered ...