Fish Out of (Salt) Water

Case Study | March 2019

Combustion and a Jumping Flame

Journal Article | May 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…

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…

Using Past Science Events

Journal Article | August 2021

Neglected Tropical Diseases

Journal Article | July 2020

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…

Investigating the Resurrection Plant

Journal Article | March 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions.

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…

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

Journal Article | April 2022

Connecting With Community

Journal Article | September 2020

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.…

Justice-Centered STEM Education With Multilingual Learners

Journal Article | April 2023

Concept Maps for Structuring Instruction and as a Potential Assessment Tool in a Large Introductory Science Course

Journal Article | July 2020

Concept maps make connections between ideas apparent, and thus would seem ideally suited to demonstrate learning. Yet, they are not widely used by instructors, particularly in large university classes. In this paper we…

The Water We Drink

Journal Article | March 2022