Engineering Essential Attributes of Cooperative Learning and Quality Discourse in a Large Enrollment Course by Leveraging Clicker Devices

Journal Article | April 2020

This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…

Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Journal Article | July 2020

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…

Creating a Preschool Computational-Thinking Learning Blueprint to Guide the Development of Learning Resources for Young Children

Journal Article | June 2020

A Framework for Effective Dissemination of Innovative STEM Curricula

Journal Article | July 2020

Adding Necessary Rigor to Engineering Pedagogical Change

Journal Article | June 2021

In this study, we explore the teaching of an acclaimed engineering education professor and his struggles to transform his classroom in light of the National Academy of Engineering standards. We argue that pedagogical…

Learning Business Economics and Fermentation by Developing a Method for Producing Yogurt

Journal Article | August 2020

Illuminating the Universe

Journal Article | August 2020

Student-Driven Research in the First Year

Journal Article | October 2020

We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an…

Using Insect Biodiversity to Build Basic Skills

Journal Article | March 2019

Integrated Outdoor and Classroom Science Experiences to Support Civic Engagement Among Middle and High School Students

Journal Article | July 2023

Student-Driven Citizen Science

Journal Article | September 2019

Investigating marine plastic pollution

Is It a System?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about systems. The probe is designed to find out whether students can recognize that things with parts that interact or influence each other are systems.

Expanding Earth Science Learning Through International Collaboration

Journal Article | July 2021

Fostering Nonscientist Thinking on Evolution Concepts Through the Teaching for Transformative Experiences in Science (TTES) Model

Journal Article | October 2020

Understanding of evolution is foundational to be a scientifically literate citizen because it allows analysis of socioscientific issues, such as biodiversity conservation, biotechnology applications, and human-induced…

Sustainable Forest Management

Journal Article | September 2019

Students measure growth trends in the school woods.