Grant Gardner

Empowering STEM Faculty: A Theory of Change Grounded in Self-Determination and Strengths-Based Reflection part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Posters:Session 2B
Teaching TRIOS is a peer observation program developed at Middle Tennessee State University that is Time-sensitive (T), Reciprocal (R), Inclusive (I), Operative (O), and Strength-Based (S). This program was ...

Unpacking Department Teaching Culture Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Posters:Session 2B
To transform undergraduate education, individuals need to work within their department to strengthen cultural aspects and encourage positive changes (Baldwin, 2009). We draw on self-determination theory (SDT; Deci ...

Characterizing STEM Departmental Teaching Culture: A Literature Review of the How, the Why, and the What part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Posters:Session 2B
This NSF-funded project systematically reviews how departmental teaching culture has been characterized in STEM higher education from 1995 to 2024. In doing so, priority is placed on addressing three key facets: ...

A Delphi Study to Establish Consensus on the Levers for Change for Implementing Biology Graduate Student Teaching Professional Development part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Posters:Session 1B
Biology graduate students (GS) are critically important undergraduate instructors, particularly in introductory science courses where attribute poor instruction as a critical factor for their attrition from the ...

Teaching TRIOS: Lessons Learned through A Strength-Based Approach to Peer Observation part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2025:Program:Presentations:45 Minute Oral Presentations
Teaching TRIOS is a peer observation program developed in the mathematics department at Middle Tennessee State University in 2014. The program was designed as a time-sensitive (T), reciprocal (R), Inclusive (I), ...

The Biology Teaching Assistant Project: Theory of Change for a Network part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Conferences and Events:Conferences and Meetings:Transforming Institutions Conference 2019:Program:Oral Presentations:Session H
The Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP) is an NSF-funded research coordination network with a goal to support evidence-based institutional change in biology graduate teaching assistant (GTA) teaching ...