The TRIAD Coalition supports evidence-based instructional practices through:<\/p>\n
T<\/strong><\/em>ransforming STEM courses to enhance learning<\/p>\n TRIAD facilitates the collaboration among STEM education researchers and faculty members who are interested in transforming STEM courses through the implementation of evidence-based best practices.\u00a0 This community will connect the producers of education research (DBER faculty) with the consumers of education research (course instructors), sharing a common goal of improving STEM education for undergraduate students.<\/p>\n R<\/strong><\/em>esearch in STEM education<\/p>\n TRIAD serves as a community of practice for STEM scholars who are dedicated to improving undergraduate STEM education through research into student understanding and learning.<\/p>\n I<\/strong><\/em>nstructional practices based on findings from DBER<\/p>\n TRIAD includes discipline-based education researchers (DBER) who are capable of serving as resources for course transformations, curriculum development, professional development, and assessment. In addition to the Rutgers Graduate School of Education (GSE) faculty who are already engaged in biology, mathematics, and physics education research, other DBER professionals in the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics solidifies the range of expertise needed to serve as these resources and establish interdisciplinary collaborations.<\/p>\n A<\/strong><\/em>ssessment of learning<\/p>\n TRIAD works with course instructors to develop instructional and learning goals, and to design assessment that is consistent with the course goals.<\/p>\n TRIAD helps catalyze the difficult process of assessing learning in the large-enrollment introductory STEM courses with the purpose of measuring the effectiveness of instruction.<\/p>\n