Operationalizing the Duty of Care Through Rubrics

Journal Article | July 2022

Laboratory experiments are a key aspect of science education. However, they do have risks, and accidents do happen. Science educators have a duty of care, which includes duty of instruction. One tool that can be…

Accelerating Alzheimer’s Research With Stall Catchers

Journal Article | February 2021

Moments in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | January 2022

Visualizing the Environmental Effects of Electronics

Journal Article | March 2020

Mapping Stakeholders

Journal Article | September 2020

Teacher Spotlight: Dr. Eric Michael Bratsolias Brown

Journal Article | July 2022

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…

Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

Journal Article | December 2020

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…

Models for Developing Explanations of Earth’s Dynamic Plate System

Journal Article | March 2022

Using Multiple Models to Learn about COVID-19

Journal Article | January 2023

Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative project that prepares them to design meaningful learning experiences…

Rainfall, River Height, and Local Relevance

Journal Article | May 2023

Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Support for Teaching Critical Thinking in STEM

Journal Article | May 2023

This qualitative research study aimed to discover what obstacles and supports community college teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) face when teaching critical-thinking skills in their…

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

Journal Article | July 2023

Mission Cognition

Journal Article | January 2021