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Creating inclusive classrooms by engaging STEM faculty in culturally responsive teaching workshops by O’Leary, Erin Sanders, Shapiro, Casey, Toma, Shannon, Sayson, Hannah Whang, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Johnson, Tracy, Sork, Victoria L.

“…Background As higher education institutions strive to effectively support an increasingly diverse student body, they will be called upon to provide their…”
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Disparities in Remote Learning Faced by First-Generation and Underrepresented Minority Students during COVID-19: Insights and Opportunities from a Remote Research Experience by Barber, Paul H, Shapiro, Casey, Jacobs, Molly S, Avilez, Leslie, Brenner, Katherine I, Cabral, Carmen, Cebreros, Monika, Cosentino, Evan, Cross, Candice, Gonzalez, Monica L, Lumada, Kaila T, Menjivar, Alison T, Narvaez, Jennifer, Olmeda, Belinda, Phelan, Rebecca, Purdy, Destiney, Salam, Saima, Serrano, Leah, Velasco, Miguel J, Marin, Erick Zerecero, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc

“…The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented shift to remote instruction across higher education, reducing access to critically important undergraduate…”
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Comparing the Impact of Course-Based and Apprentice-Based Research Experiences in a Life Science Laboratory Curriculum by Shapiro, Casey, Moberg-Parker, Jordan, Toma, Shannon, Ayon, Carlos, Zimmerman, Hilary, Roth-Johnson, Elizabeth A, Hancock, Stephen P, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Sanders, Erin R

“…This four-year study describes the assessment of a bifurcated laboratory curriculum designed to provide upper-division undergraduate majors in two life science…”
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M-LoCUS: A Scalable Intervention Enhances Growth Mindset and Internal Locus of Control in Undergraduate Students in STEM by Nallapothula, Dhiraj, Lozano, Jennifer Berdan, Han, Selina, Herrera, Carlos, Sayson, Hannah Whang, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Maloy, Jeffrey

“…Student self-beliefs regarding intelligence and ability have been shown to correspond to achievement and persistence in an academic domain. Specifically,…”
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An Intensive Primary-Literature–based Teaching Program Directly Benefits Undergraduate Science Majors and Facilitates Their Transition to Doctoral Programs by Kozeracki, Carol A, Carey, Michael F, Colicelli, John, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Grossel, Martha

“…UCLA's Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program (HHURP), a collaboration between the College of Letters and Science and the School of Medicine, trains a…”
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Reduction of the carbon footprint of college freshman diets after a food-based environmental science course by Jay, Jennifer A., D’Auria, Raffaella, Nordby, J. Cully, Rice, David Andy, Cleveland, David A., Friscia, Anthony, Kissinger, Sophie, Levis, Marc, Malan, Hannah, Rajagopal, Deepak, Reynolds, Joel R., Slusser, Wendelin, Wang, May, Wesel, Emily

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of a two-quarter freshman course series entitled “Food: A Lens for Environment and Sustainability” (Food…”
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Strategies for Using Peer‐assisted Learning Effectively in an Undergraduate Bioinformatics Course by Shapiro, Casey, Ayon, Carlos, Moberg‐Parker, Jordan, Levis‐Fitzgerald, Marc, Sanders, Erin R.

“…This study used a mixed methods approach to evaluate hybrid peer‐assisted learning approaches incorporated into a bioinformatics tutorial for a genome…”
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Increasing Persistence in Undergraduate Science Majors: A Model for Institutional Support of Underrepresented Students by Toven-Lindsey, Brit, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Barber, Paul H, Hasson, Tama

“…The 6-yr degree-completion rate of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors at U.S. colleges and universities is less than…”
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Student Satisfaction and Learning Outcomes in Asynchronous Online Lecture Videos by Choe, Ronny C, Scuric, Zorica, Eshkol, Ethan, Cruser, Sean, Arndt, Ava, Cox, Robert, Toma, Shannon P, Shapiro, Casey, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Barnes, Greg, Crosbie, Rachelle H

“…Our study identified online lecture video styles that improved student engagement and satisfaction, while maintaining high learning outcomes in online…”
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A Unique and Scalable Model for Increasing Research Engagement, STEM Persistence, and Entry into Doctoral Programs by Sellami, Nadia, Toven-Lindsey, Brit, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Barber, Paul H, Hasson, Tama

“…Low persistence in science majors and limited participation in high-impact research experiences contribute to the nationwide underrepresentation of minorities…”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Using Application-Based Science Education Videos in a General Chemistry Lecture Course by Ramachandran, Roshini, Sparck, Erin M, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc

“…Numerous online resources provide a variety of content for a wide range of STEM topics; however, they tend to function as isolated tidbits that provide…”
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Enhancing the Value of Large-Enrollment Course Evaluation Data Using Sentiment Analysis by Hoar, Benjamin B., Ramachandran, Roshini, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Sparck, Erin M., Wu, Ke, Liu, Chong

“…In education, space exists for a tool that valorizes generic student course evaluation formats by organizing and recapitulating students’ views on the…”
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Summative Student Course Review Tool Based on Machine Learning Sentiment Analysis to Enhance Life Science Feedback Efficacy by Hoar, Ben, Ramachandran, Roshini, Levis, Marc, Sparck, Erin, Wu, Ke, Liu, Chong

“…Machine learning enables the development of new, supplemental, and empowering tools that can either expand existing technologies or invent new ones. In…”
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Scaling up a life sciences college career exploration course to foster STEM confidence and career self-efficacy by Liu, Amy, Shapiro, Casey, Gregg, Jess, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Sanders O'Leary, Erin, Kennison, Rachel L.

“…The role of career interventions and their impact on students' sense of self and preparation for careers in STEM fields is an underexplored teaching and…”
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Holistic Assessment Framework for General Education Program Review by Ramachandran, Roshini, Jacobs, Molly S, Lavine, Adrienne S, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc

“…An assessment framework was developed and implemented for UCLA's science general education (GE) program that combined overall program goals, individual course…”
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Reimagining the Introductory Math Curriculum for Life Sciences Students by O'Leary, Erin Sanders, Sayson, Hannah Whang, Shapiro, Casey, Garfinkel, Alan, Conley, William J, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Eagan, M. Kevin, Van Valkenburgh, Blaire

“…Calculus is typically one of the first college courses encountered by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. Calculus often presents…”
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DEMOCRATIC LEARNING AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: THE CONTRIBUTION OF ONE-UNIT SEMINARS by Anderson, Jodi L., Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc R., Rhoads, Robert A.

“…This paper explores democratic learning and global citizenship through a study of one university's implementation of one-unit seminars. Specifically, the…”
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Academic and Professional Preparedness: Outcomes of Undergraduate Research in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences by Kistner, Kelly, Sparck, Erin M, Liu, Amy, Whang Sayson, Hannah, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Arnold, Whitney

“…As many studies on undergraduate research outcomes are focused on STEM fields, the widely variable experiences in the humanities, arts, and social sciences are…”
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Error-Discovery Learning Boosts Student Engagement and Performance, While Reducing Student Attrition in a Bioinformatics Course by Lee, Christopher J, Toven-Lindsey, Brit, Shapiro, Casey, Soh, Michael, Mazrouee, Sepideh, Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Sanders, Erin R

“…We sought to test a hypothesis that systemic blind spots in active learning are a barrier both for instructors--who cannot see what every student is actually…”
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Anatomy of STEM Teaching in American Universities: A Snapshot from a Large-Scale Observation Study by Stains, Marilyne, Harshman, Jordan, Barker, Megan K., Chasteen, Stephanie V., Cole, Renée, DeChenne-Peters, Sue Ellen, Eagan, M. Kevin, Esson, Joan M., Knight, Jennifer K., Laski, Frank A., Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc, Lee, Christopher J., Lo, Stanley M., McDonnell, Lisa M., McKay, Timothy A., Michelotti, Nicole, Palmer, Michael S., Plank, Kathryn M., Rodela, Tamara M., Sanders, Erin R., Schimpf, Natalie G., Schulte, Patricia M., Smith, Michelle, Stetzer, MacKenzie, Stewart, Jackie, Valkenburgh, Blaire Van, Vinson, Erin, Weir, Laura K., Wendel, Paul J., Wheeler, Lindsay B., Young, Anna M.

“…National and local initiatives focused on the transformation of STEM teaching in higher education have multiplied over the last decade. These initiatives often…”
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