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    EDU-STEM - Equity and Diversity in Undergraduate STEM (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    EDU-STEM is Equity and Diversity in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), a network funded by the National Science Foundation to support the research-coordination...
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    Small is Beautiful: OER for Cultural Change in a STEM Institution
    This report serves as a resource for faculty, staff, and students interested in co-creating Open Education Resources (OERs). In particular, we embrace OERs as an invitation to co-create, revise, ...
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    Count me in: Increasing early detection of invasive species with community science
    In this lesson, students interpret a map of species occurrences. Then, students view and reflect on an interview with biologist Dr. Jennifer Dean, whose research includes the map that they...
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    Atlas of Black Scholarship for Inclusive and Racially Diverse STEM Curricula – Volume I
    The contributions of Black scientists to the advancement of STEM are poorly represented in course materials. Here, we provide an Atlas of Black Scholarship to help Life Sciences and Chemistry...
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    Starting Conversations About Discrimination Against Women in STEM
    Many scientists know about — and experience — discrimination against women. In this professional development lesson, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other career...
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    1-100-EngineeringDemographics-ModelingScenario
    Students show how models can be used to examine social issues. The students examine three different models and use numerical methods to apply each model to demographic data for the percentage of...
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    Film as a Powerful Tool for Increasing Awareness of the Importance of Belonging in STEM
    People of color in STEM fields can face a variety of challenges with belonging due to structural, cultural, psychological, and institutional barriers. The professional development sessions...
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    Gender and Classroom Participation: A Case for Quantitative Analysis
    Teaching statistics to students using authentic research is one way to highlight the transferability and value of the material taught in the class. Below we describe an activity in Statistics for...
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    Case Study — The Gender gap in 100-meter dash times
    In 2004, the journal Nature published a short tongue-in-cheek paper by Tatem and colleagues meant to critique common abuses in linear modeling while fitting data from the Olympic gold medal times...
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    Leveraging Panel Discussions to Promote Positive Representation, Develop Science Identity, and Shift Stereotypes
    The overrepresentation of cis straight white male scientists in examples used in Biology curriculum makes it difficult for students with other axes of diversity (race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality,...
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    Evaluating Representation in Science Through a Peer-Reviewed Research Study
    The demographic representation of scientists featured in biology curricular materials do not match that of the undergraduate biology student population or of the U.S. population. In this lesson, we...
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    Promoting Academic Success of Economically Disadvantaged, STEM-Interested, First- and Second-Year Undergraduate Students via the ACCESS in STEM Program at University of Washington Tacoma
    At the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT), a public, predominantly undergraduate, minority-serving institution (Asian-American, Native American, Pacific Islander, AANAPISI), the Achieving Change...
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    UNIDE - The Undergraduate Network for Increasing Diversity of Ecologists (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    We aim to build a sustainable network of ecologists, educators, social scientists, and students who are committed to identifying and remedying cultural and social barriers that reduce human...
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    Blueprint for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula
    Collaborative community working on projects associated with social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM undergraduate programs.
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    SWP Biology Writing Resource Guide
    This Guide was created by the STEM Writing Project at Wake Forest University. We are STEM teachers and education researchers who want to make scientific writing a bigger part of students' training....
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    Survey Findings:: Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Education LC
    Survey findings for the learning community (LC), Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Ed, facilitated by Drs. Bryan Dewsbury (Florida Institute of Technology) and Desiree Forsythe (Rochester Institute...

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    Survey Findings:: Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Education Fall 2022 LC
    Survey findings for the learning community (LC), Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Ed, facilitated by Drs. Desiree Forsythe (Chapman University) and Megan Jones (University of Rhode Island) – with...

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    Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences
    To maintain recruitment and retention, biology teachers face the challenge of finding relatable role models for their students. Our ever-increasing scientific knowledge has been facilitated by...
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    Sex Verification Testing of Athletes
    This interactive module explores the biology of sex determination and development in humans, set against the backdrop of the different sex testing policies implemented throughout sports history.
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    Science “Fails”: A Bank of Historical Examples for Learning From Failure in Science
    Learning from failure is critically important to the processes of scientific inquiry, discovery, and invention. However, students are not routinely taught how to reflect on, learn from, and...
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