Teaching as Research

Below is a diagram outlining the process of investigating a question about teaching and learning. (Click to enlarge.)

Here are some resources to learn more.

Websites

CIRTL Network

• Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) Network: – www.cirtl.net
• Definition of Teaching as Research, and a developmental framework: http://www.cirtl.net/CoreIdeas/teaching_as_research
• Teaching as Research Online Learning Community (includes videos of students discussing Teaching as Research projects): www.cirtl.net/learningcommunities/tar
• Examples of student research posters by STEM discipline: www.cirtl.net/TARProjectPosters
• Project titles and abstracts from multiple institutions: http://www.cirtl.net/tarprojects
• Delta (UW-Madison) Teaching as Research Internship Program: www.cirtl.net/course_guidebooks

Cornell University

• Example student projects: www.cte.cornell.edu/programs-services/grads-future-educators-tas/teagle-grtf-posters.html
• Student Teaching as Research projects in the humanities: http://blogs.cornell.edu/prepare/student-outcomes/
• ALS 6016: Teaching as Research course: http://cte.cornell.edu/programs-services/grads-future-educators-tas/graduate-education-courses.html#ALS6016
• Graduate Research and Teaching Fellowship Program (2 semesters): http://cte.cornell.edu/programs-services/grads-future-educators-tas/graduate-research-and-teaching-fellowship-program.html
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practitioner program (1 semester): https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcement/scholarship-teaching-and-learning-practitioner-grants-fall-2015 
• Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium: https://gradschool.cornell.edu/cu-cirtl/symposium

Other

• Vanderbilt University Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Guide (includes faculty interviews): https://my.vanderbilt.edu/sotl/doing-sotl/
• The SoTL Advocate from Illinois State University:
  http://illinoisstateuniversitysotl.wordpress.com
• Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative Science Teaching and Learning Fellows at UBC:
  http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/departments/index.html

IRB

• Is it Research? A Decision Tree from the Cornell University IRB Office:
  http://www.irb.cornell.edu/documents/IRB%20Decision%20Tree.pdf
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Subjects Regulations Decision Charts:
  http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/policy/checklists/decisioncharts.html

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Connolly, M., Savoy, J., & Barger, S. (2010). Future-Faculty Professional Development Programs for Doctoral Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: An Exploratory Classification Scheme. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
2. Felten, P. (2013). Principles of Good Practice in SoTL. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 1(1), 121-125.
3. Kezar, A. (2011). What is the Best Way to Achieve Broader Reach of Improved Practices in Higher Education? Innovative Higher Education, 36(4), 235-247.
4. Pfund, C., Manske, B., Austin, A.E., Connolly, M., Moore, K., Mathieu, R. (2012). Advancing STEM Undergraduate Learning: Preparing the Nation’s Future Faculty. Change, 44(6), 64-72.
5. Schwartz, B., & Haynie, A. (2013). Faculty Development Centers and the Role of SoTL. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 136, 101-111.
6. Wieman, C., Perkins, K., & Gilbert, S. (2010). Transforming Science Education at Large Research Universities: A Case Study in Progress. Change, 42(2), 7-14.

Published TAR Projects by Cornell University Graduate Students

Carrico, K. (2014). The pedagogy of controversy in the field of China Studies: teaching the Cultural Revolution. Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 7(2). http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2014.070203

Ray, B., & Bhaskaran, R. (2013). Integrating simulation into the engineering curriculum: a case study. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 41(3), 269-280. http://manchester.metapress.com/content/w603n67751488h20/

Schnabel, L. V., Maza, P. S., Williams, K. M., Irby, N. L., McDaniel, C. M., & Collins, B. G. (2013). Use of a formal assessment instrument for evaluation of veterinary student surgical skills. Veterinary Surgery, 42(4), 488-496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-950X.2013.12006.x

More peer-reviewed journal articles by STEM future faculty at other institutions: www.cirtl.net/bibliography

Teaching as Research Working Papers from Cornell University

Can be downloaded at: http://cte.cornell.edu/programs-services/grads-future-educators-tas/teagle-grtf-posters.html

Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence. (2014). Classroom Research Working Paper Series, Volume 1 (2011-2012). Ed. by K. M. Williams and R. Raman. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.

Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence. (2014). Classroom Research Working Paper Series, Volume 2 (2012-2013). Ed. by K. M. Williams and R. Raman. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.

Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence. (2014). Classroom Research Working Paper Series, Volume 3 (2013-2014). Ed. by K. M. Williams and R. Raman. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.

Books

Williams, K. M. (2014). Doing Research to Improve Teaching and Learning: a Guide for College and University Faculty. New York, NY: Routledge.  http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Research-Improve-Teaching-Learning/dp/1138020915

Hutchings, P., Huber, M. T., & Ciccone, A. (2011). The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Reconsidered: Institutional Integration and Impact. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.