TIGER/CIRTL Progress ReportAugust 26, 2010

Laura L. B. Border, Director, Graduate Teacher ProgramVivek Kaila, Lead Coordinator for Social Sciences & STEM (data on course

development)Jason B. Scott, CIRTL Evaluation Liaison & CIRTL Link (data on TIGER workshops)

Report on 2 ProjectsCompleted for the CIRTL 2 Grant

• TIGER workshops: one hour, weekly, six to seven workshops per semester

• Pedagogy course development plan: study of existing courses, development of new CIRTLish course, implementation of new course for Department of Environmental Studies

(N = 55 completed feedback forms received from a total of 68 participants.)

TIGER/CIRTL Project Goals• Identify STEM pedagogy courses• Describe course content• Create a model course using CIRTL pillars• Transform current courses to incorporate pillars• Create new pedagogy courses

CIRTL at CU-Boulder

• Of 45 graduate departments at CU, 18 are STEM• Of the 18 STEM departments, 5 offer for-credit pedagogy courses• 16 STEM departments have GTP Lead TAs

STEM Departments at CU-Boulder

Aerospace Seminar Content Distribution

Approximate Weighting Based on Time Commitment

Applied Math Course Content Distribution

Approximate Weighting Based on Time Commitment

Physics Course Content Distribution

Approximate Weighting Based on Time Commitment

ENVS Course Content Distribution

Approximate Weighting Based on Time Commitment