Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Introductory Psychology Using the Jigsaw Method Adapted for Remote Learning

Journal Article | January 2022

People’s ability to evaluate scientific research is important to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. STEM educators can use the pandemic to frame instruction of scientific literacy and critical-thinking skills. In a…

Connect Students With Outdoor STEM Learning Opportunities Alongside Science Professionals

Journal Article | October 2022

Teaching Environmental Social Justice

Journal Article | November 2022

Up To the Moon!

Journal Article | December 2020

The Engaging Value of Engineering Activities: Actionable Insights From Research

Journal Article | August 2022

Become a Salt Watcher in your Community

Journal Article | March 2023

Making a Difference Through Community-Engaged Science

Journal Article | August 2021

Engineering Clean Water

Journal Article | May 2020

Scenarios, Stakeholders, Autonomy, and Choice

Journal Article | July 2020

A role-play activity is presented that was designed for a STEM education learning experience to enrich science literacy, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills in undergraduate science courses. During the roleplay…

Science Throwdown

Journal Article | March 2020

A Team-Taught Interdisciplinary First-Year Seminar With a Focus on Blood

Journal Article | February 2020

First-Year Seminars (FYS) offer a unique mode of introducing college students to new topics, research practices, and approaches to learning that they may not have been exposed to in high school. In this article, we…

Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet

Journal Article | October 2023

Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet  By Deborah Lee Rose September 2020 Persnickety Press 36 pages $16.95

Student-Driven Research in the First Year

Journal Article | October 2020

We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an…

Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Video-Based Active Learning in University-Level Biology Classes:

Journal Article | July 2020

We quantified student perceptions of an active learning exercise, based on open-educational video resources, in both a first-year seminar class (Natural Environment of Athens and Georgia, three sections), and a larger…

Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Journal Article | July 2020

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…