An Interdisciplinary STEM Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Establishes a Community of Practice and Promotes Psychosocial Gains

Journal Article | March 2023

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent an economical and practical way for institutions to equitably offer research experiences to large numbers of students. Although the benefits of CUREs are…

Online Engagement in an Undergraduate Cell Biology Course

Journal Article | March 2022

Online engagement, or the use of online supplementary instruction and assessment, in high-structure courses is gaining popularity as a useful tool to facilitate instruction, assignments, and examinations. High-structure…

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

Journal Article | July 2023

STEM Faculty Institute

Journal Article | January 2022

As change agents at our university, we sought to facilitate a transition within our STEM college toward more extensive use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) that promote student-centered learning. We…

Improving Retention and Graduation of Female Engineering and Polytechnic Students With First-Year Interventions

Journal Article | May 2023

Prior research in student retention emphasizes that building students’ connections with the institution and their peers is key. Students from underrepresented populations often lack these connections, making them more…

The Air We Breathe

Journal Article | March 2023

Touching the Solar System: A Project-Based Learning Astronomy Program for Students With Visual Impairments

Journal Article | August 2022

Connect Students With Outdoor STEM Learning Opportunities Alongside Science Professionals

Journal Article | October 2022

Teaching Sciences With Impact Using the Lectorial Approach: Stimulating Active Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

This article reports on students’ experiences of the lectorial approach that was implemented for health science students studying sciences at a South Australian university. A lectorial, based on active student-centered…

The Importance of Reading Equations

Journal Article | March 2022

A Window to the Wild

Journal Article | January 2021

New Community Creation Through a Shared Biology-Chemistry-Communication Laboratory Model for First-Year STEM Majors

Journal Article | May 2022

This article explores results from a 3-year model of laboratory instruction, Project Synapse, that synthesized biology, chemistry, and communication curricula for first-year science majors at a STEM-focused university.…

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | March 2019

Mobile geospatial technologies enable high school students to engage in authentic scientific data collection and analysis that promote spatial-thinking and reasoning skills, as well as problem-solving in a school’s…

Assessing Preservice Teachers’ Experience With Wind Energy Education Through a Cooperative Learning Experience

Journal Article | January 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge and attitudes of preservice teachers toward wind energy education. The participants for this study were preservice teachers enrolled in a science methods for…

Developing and Using Computer Models to Understand Epidemics

Journal Article | January 2022