The Great Sunflower Project

Journal Article | June 2021

Using an Instructional Team During Pandemic Remote Teaching Enhanced Student Outcomes in a Large STEM Course

Journal Article | January 2022

The unplanned shift to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic challenged many instructors teaching large-enrollment courses to design learning environments that actively engaged all students. We looked at how…

Applying the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Framework During a Community College Chemistry Project-Based Learning Activity

Journal Article | October 2020

Project-based learning (PBL) instructional methods attempt to make connections between students and their ability to solve real problems. We framed our qualitative study within sociocultural theory and used the…

Putting Problem-based Learning in Its Place

Journal Article | July 2022

Drawing to Learn to Draw Out Student Understanding

Journal Article | June 2021

The Sun Lab

Journal Article | July 2022

There’s an App for That

Journal Article | February 2021

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Use of Speaking, Listening, and Writing Skills to Understand the Importance of Nature of Science Instruction

Journal Article | July 2020

There has been a focus on improving teachers’ views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary…

Scientific Literacy in the Post-Truth Era

Journal Article | April 2020

You Don’t Have to be a Rocket Scientist

Journal Article | May 2022

STEM Education Within the West Point Experience

Journal Article | June 2021

At conferences or meetings, West Point faculty are often asked, “What’s it like to teach at West Point?” To answer this question we present the unique model that West Point uses to bridge traditional higher education…

Going Viral

Journal Article | June 2021

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | September 2020

In a linguistically diverse fourth-grade classroom, students carry out an investigation to answer the lesson question: How are we able to see objects? Working collaboratively in groups, students are given a lidded box…

Bridging the Gap Between Scientists and the Public

Journal Article | June 2021

Look, It’s Changing!

Journal Article | August 2020