Creating a Peer-Led Cooperative Learning Program to Improve STEM Retention

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This work was supported by a STEP grant from the National Science Foundation, NSF-DUE 00969109.

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Notes on contributors

Thomas P. Kling

Thomas P. Kling ([email protected]) is a professor of physics at Bridgewater State University (BSU) and principle investigator of the NSF-STEP Grant STREAMS (0969109). He has significant experience in student-success data analysis and in faculty development for implementing writing-to-learn principles and inquiry across multiple disciplines.

Matthew Salomone

Matthew Salomone ([email protected])—an associate professor of mathematics at BSU, director of math services, and STREAMS co-PI—is an expert in peer-led cooperative learning and founding coordinator of Bridgewater's Quantity Across the Curriculum, a faculty-development program inspired by writing across the curriculum.