ESTEME@OSU was a project born out of action research and broadly implemented innovative evidence-based instructional practices - specifically, interactive engagement in lecture and formal cooperative learning in studio workshop laboratories - into core undergraduate courses in biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics at OSU.
The transdisciplinary team from the OSU Colleges of Engineering, Education, and Science was supported through a grant from the National Science Foundation –The project had positive direct impacts on approximately 10,000 students, 50 faculty members, and 300 student instructors annually.
Ultimately, ESTEME@OSU resulted in enhanced infrastructure towards reform including improved professional networks, communities of practice, and measurement and processes related to student learning, retention, and learning related beliefs. The project provided the foundation for InclusiveExcellence@OSU led by the STEM Research Center in Collaboration with the College of Science, Center for Teaching and Learning, Office of Undergraduate Education, Linn-Benton and Lane Community Colleges.
The work of this project lives on in a successive project, InclusiveExcellence@OSU supported by HHMI.
