Join us at 12:00 PM EASTERN (9:00 AM PACIFIC) on Friday, May 24th, 2024 for a convo with Dr. Scott Freeman and Dr. Alexa Clemmons.
Education studies show that high-structure courses can cut grade inequities by 40+%. What’s next after high structure?
Over the course of an hour, we’ll take a deeper dive into two core questions:
What is high structure and how do we know it promotes equity in student outcomes?
How can technology help reduce grade inequities even further?
We’ll highlight some of the key literature, review some new studies, and give a demonstration of how the student experience in Codon promotes essential study skills such as self-testing, spaced studying, and metacognition.
Dr. Scott Freeman is Lecturer Emeritus at the University of Washington. The recipient of a UW Distinguished Teaching Award, he has published research on how innovative approaches to teaching science benefit all students, but particularly students from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is the author of the textbooks Biological Science and Evolutionary Analysis, which have sold over 500,000 copies and been translated into multiple languages, and the popular book Saving Tarboo Creek, which is for general audiences.
Dr. Alexa Clemmons is Codon’s Director of Product. After earning her Ph.D. in genetics at the University of California San Diego, Alexa transitioned to discipline-based education research at the University of Washington. Her postdoctoral work unpacked the AAAS Vision and Change core competencies by first defining measurable learning outcomes and then developing curriculum mapping tools. During her PhD and postdoc, Alexa got to teach a variety of courses, trying her hand at the evidence-based teaching approaches that Codon promotes and learning their joys and challenges. At Codon, Alexa directs the platform’s feature development, with the goal of making evidence-based teaching and learning practices more effective and easier to use.