Using Structured Decision-Making in the Classroom to Promote Information Literacy in the Context of Decision-Making

Journal Article | July 2022

An important facet of college students’ science literacy and job market preparation is developing skills for finding and applying information to decision-making about complex real-world problems. We developed a…

Paying the Price of Palm Oil

Journal Article | November 2021

Social Justice in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | April 2020

Coldest Winter Ever!

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weather versus climate. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish between a one-time weather-related change and a change in climate…

AD 536

Case Study | September 2021

Combustion and a Jumping Flame

Journal Article | May 2020

Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course

Journal Article | April 2020

An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science…

Fish Out of (Salt) Water

Case Study | March 2019

Using Past Science Events

Journal Article | August 2021

Investigating the Resurrection Plant

Journal Article | March 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions.

First-Year STEM Research Program Facilitates Long-Term Academic Success

Journal Article | February 2021

Retention and student success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) remains a priority for institutions, and low rates of retention in STEM for underrepresented populations continues to be a…

Pandemic-Inspired Insights

Journal Article | August 2021

College instructors faced a rapid transition to remote instruction in spring 2020, and with it a host of new teaching challenges. This qualitative study investigates what 26 college biology instructors learned about…

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Journal Article | July 2020

Connecting With Community

Journal Article | September 2020

MindHive: An Online Citizen Science Tool and Curriculum for Human Brain and Behavior Research

Journal Article | April 2022