Faculty drivers and barriers: laying the groundwork for undergraduate STEM education reform in academic departments

International Journal of STEM Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Shadle, Susan E ^a   Marker, Anthony ^a   Earl, Brittnee ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to change; Departmental differences; Drivers to change; Evidence based instructional practices; STEM education reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051193161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21967822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40594-017-0062-7     Document Type: Article

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