Integrating the Five Practices and Model-Based Inquiry to Facilitate Meaningful Science Discourse

Journal Article | September 2020

Ready, Set, Create: Engineers Inspiring Youth to Build Their Dreams

Journal Article | May 2021

Safer K–5 Remote Learning

Blog Post | February 2021

Building First-Year Science Writing Skills With an Embedded Writing Instruction Program

Journal Article | February 2020

An important foundational skill developed in an undergraduate science program is the ability to find, critically evaluate, and communicate scientific information. Effective science communication depends on good writing…

Beyond Doom and Gloom: Teaching Climate Change to Foster Empowerment

Journal Article | May 2023

Tech-Rich Approaches to Three-Dimensional Teaching

Journal Article | August 2021

Girls in STEM

Journal Article | April 2020

STEM Scholars’ Sense of Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article | August 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate sense of community (SOC) within a STEM learning community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The STEM learning community that was the setting for this study is funded by a…

An Investigation Into the Impact of the Flipped Classroom With Active Learning on the Perception and Performance of Biology Nonmajor Students at the Undergraduate Level

Journal Article | October 2020

We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…

A Home for Three Little Pigs

Journal Article | September 2019

Preschool students learn about engineering through designing and testing homes.

Do Plants Breathe?

Journal Article | February 2019

The idea that plants do photosynthesis but do not do cellular respiration is a common misconception among middle and high school students that often stems from an over-simplification of these processes in diagrams and…

Computing in Bioinformatics and Engaged Student Learning

Journal Article | November 2022

The field of biology education—and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines more broadly—has witnessed two major shifts in the past decade: (i) the increased awareness of research-based…

Going Viral!

Journal Article | January 2023

Picking the Best Solution

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to provide practice in using a decision matrix. The probe is designed to see if students are able to interpret a decision matrix and to help you determine difficulties they may…

Talking About Forces

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students generally identify forces as pushes and pulls.