21 What TIGER Has to Offer

Our poster illustrates how the four TIGER activities work together to improve STEM graduate student teaching and undergraduate student learning on the CU-Boulder campus. These activities provide a means of reaching out to students, developing their interest in effective teaching, and helping them learn useful analytical and assessment skills to promote a learner-centered environment in the classroom. STEM graduate participation produces learner-centered teachers and research scientists who understand how students learn.

On the poster, we 1) provide a brief discussion of the goals and methods of the four activities, 2) overview completed projects resulting from student participation in the activities, 3) discuss ongoing TIGER TAR/DAD projects and 4) provide data on TIGER activities. Our poster shows that we have effectively implemented the CIRTL pillars into an existing initiative – the Graduate Teacher Program – creating a model for the expanding network.