Apple in the Dark

Lesson Plan | August 2020

Imagine you are sitting at a table with a red apple in front of you. Your friend closes the door and turns off all the lights. It is totally dark in the room. There are no windows in the room or cracks around the door.…

Birthday Candles

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how we see objects. The probe is designed to find out if students know that light must be reflected from an object and enter the eye in order to…

Building Relationships Between Educators and Researchers

Blog Post | December 2023

Career of the Month: Aerospace Engineer

Journal Article | December 2012

Simulating a Non-Native Invasion

Journal Article | January 2019

The Impact of Online STEM Teaching and Learning During COVID-19 on Underrepresented Students’ Self-Efficacy and Motivation

Journal Article | July 2022

Female students, students of color, first-generation students, and low-income students face considerable barriers in access to STEM education, leading to their underrepresentation in STEM fields. Ensuring that these…

Cross-Disciplinary Learning

Journal Article | August 2022

We propose cross-disciplinary learning as a construct that can guide instruction and assessment in programs that feature sequential learning across multiple science disciplines. Cross-disciplinary learning combines…

Teaching in Tandem

Journal Article | March 2023

In the information age, the acquisition of data literacy skills has become increasingly important for undergraduate student success, yet these skills are not emphasized in the lecture setting. Here we present a study to…

A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Perspectives Toward Learning Assistant–Faculty Relationships

Journal Article | January 2023

Learning Assistant (LA) programs oversee and support undergraduate instructors and faculty members who work together to facilitate student learning in a variety of classroom settings. The success of an LA program is…

Facilitating Learner-Centered Interactions Through Applied Improvisation

Journal Article | June 2022

Fact-Checking in an Era of Fake News

Journal Article | May 2021

Launching Inquiry Into Motion

Journal Article | October 2021

Paired Associates Learning, the Shortfalls of Behaviorism, and the Rise of Cognitivism

Case Study | December 2004

Ride the Movies

Journal Article | February 2019

Apply science and engineering practices to design and build an amusement park ride based on a Hollywood film.