Primary Literature in Undergraduate Science Courses

Journal Article | January 2021

Primary literature—consisting of novel peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings—has been associated with several positive outcomes for students within undergraduate science courses. Primary literature is the…

Engineering Science Teacher Creativity!

Journal Article | February 2020

How Can DNA Help Exonerate Those Wrongly Convicted?

Journal Article | July 2022

Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments

Journal Article | August 2021

Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers

Journal Article | July 2020

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) is an important research gap to study. Bandura defines self-efficacy as…

Visualizing U.S. Energy Use and Production 50 Years Ago

Journal Article | April 2021

Does This Count as Work?

Journal Article | July 2022

Turning on the Three-Dimensional Switch

Journal Article | August 2021

Learning Science With Mobile Technologies

Journal Article | August 2020

The use of technology is increasing rapidly in our society, and classroom teachers must recognize the impact and importance of technology in the lives of their students. It is crucial that college faculty involved in…

Differentiation in the Life Science Classroom Using Station Rotations

Journal Article | May 2022

Shifting From Learning About to Figuring Out

Journal Article | October 2021

Experiential Mindfulness

Journal Article | March 2023

An Adapted Journal Club Approach

Journal Article | May 2022

Students must be able to evaluate primary literature, yet few options exist within the undergraduate curriculum to develop the necessary skills. In this article, we offer an adapted journal club that provides students…

That’s How the Kangaroo Bounces

Journal Article | August 2022

A growing number of Introductory Physics for Life Sciences courses have been developed to prepare biology, premedicine, and pre-health majors for cross-disciplinary connections between physical principles and biological…

An Argumentative Writing Prompt Model to Support Nonscience Major Students’ Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course

Journal Article | July 2022

An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to…