Launching Inquiry Into Motion

Journal Article | October 2021

Rider Root Beer

Journal Article | July 2022

Adding Necessary Rigor to Engineering Pedagogical Change

Journal Article | June 2021

In this study, we explore the teaching of an acclaimed engineering education professor and his struggles to transform his classroom in light of the National Academy of Engineering standards. We argue that pedagogical…

Innovations in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning of Earth and Environmental Science, with a Focus on Climate Change

Journal Article | March 2022

In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention…

Seedlings in a Jar

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter from seed to seedling has taken place. The probe is designed to reveal…

When Can We See Makali‘i?

Journal Article | November 2022

The Mitten Problem

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think “warm clothes,” like a mitten, produce their own energy, manifested as heat.

Solutions-Focused Sustainable Development Education Through Biomimicry

Journal Article | July 2023

The Itsy-Bitsy Spider

Case Study | August 2015

Ecosystem Cycles

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transfer of matter and energy in ecosystems. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an…

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…

Chicken Eggs

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…

Cool It!

Journal Article | April 2023

Earth’s Mass

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the cycling of matter. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize that once-living matter breaks down and cycles through…

Students Taught by a First-Time Instructor Using Active-Learning Teaching Strategies Outperform Students Taught by a Highly-Regarded Traditional Instructor

Journal Article | February 2021

In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students improve their physics knowledge and problem-solving skills. In this…