PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Let’s talk about teaching: Investigating instructors’ social networks
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Researchers who evaluate efforts to improve STEM undergraduate education have recently begun to explore the importance of instructors’ informal teaching discussion networks. These informal networks allow for the flow of knowledge between instructors that can include information about how to implement research-based instructional practices and creative perspectives that lead to innovative solutions to address localized classroom challenges. In this report, we reanalyze the network data from three pioneering studies in this area to explore the features of mathematics department networks as compared to other STEM department networks at multiple institutions. We plan to discuss implications of these features on the design and implementation of change efforts.