Focusing the Lens of the Crosscutting Concepts on Secondary Science Learning

Journal Article | March 2022

Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | August 2021

Sniffs and Waggles

Journal Article | May 2022

Initial Development and Validation of the Biology Teaching Assistant Role Identity Questionnaire (BTARIQ)

Journal Article | May 2023

Graduate teaching assistants (TAs) may identify with multiple roles during their introductory biology teaching experiences. This study developed an instrument that measures TA role identity in introductory biology.…

Adaptation of Project-Based Learning Concepts to the Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Curriculum in a Small College Environment

Journal Article | March 2023

Project-based learning (PBL) research is shown to improve students’ higher-order thinking skills. In this article, we describe an adaptation of the PBL model that is suitable for colleges with limited science,…

Recent Developments in Classroom Observation Protocols for Undergraduate STEM

Journal Article | August 2022

Over the past decade, researchers have developed several teaching observation protocols for use in higher education, such as the Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP), Classroom Observation Protocol for…

A Framework for Effective Dissemination of Innovative STEM Curricula

Journal Article | July 2020

Creating Pathways for Equity in STEM Through Family Engagement

Journal Article | November 2020

Using Computational Thinking and Modeling to Build Water and Watershed Literacy

Journal Article | March 2021

Comics in the Classroom

Journal Article | March 2020

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 24, 2021

Reports Article | August 2021

Giant Sequoia Tree

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transformation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that most of the matter that makes up the wood of a tree…

The Mitten Problem

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think “warm clothes,” like a mitten, produce their own energy, manifested as heat.

Assessment of Demographic Biases Associated With the Ground Rules System in a Large Undergraduate Engineering Course

Journal Article | January 2023

Despite more women and underrepresented students entering engineering, there are still gaps in achievement. A potential remedy is to establish equitable team dynamics during groupwork. Groupware systems have been…