Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course

Journal Article | April 2020

An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science…

Improving Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Engineering Teaching Efficacy Beliefs With 3D Design and Printing

Journal Article | December 2020

The Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) under-score the importance of including engineering design process (EDP) within the science curriculum. The Framework and the…

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

Journal Article | July 2020

While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introductory STEM courses. In this project, we used the strategy of…

Interdisciplinary Ideas: Engineering design with MIT App Inventor

Journal Article | June 2019

Bringing other subjects into the science classroom.

Design Elements From a Rural, Multi-Organization Collaborative

Journal Article | December 2019

On a Saturday afternoon last May in Hamilton, Montana, 150 people gathered in a college gymnasium for the Bitterroot Maker Fair. At tables around the room, student educators from the University of Montana (UM) spectrUM…

Designing Design Challenges: Getting the Details Right

Journal Article | January 2012

This article discusses the nuances of effective design challenges and the options available for creating a successful inquiry activity.

Understanding by Design

Journal Article | July 2018

Using the Understanding by Design model and NGSS in concert to plan and instruct in science

Designing Payloads

Journal Article | June 2009

Imagine soaring in the Earth’s atmosphere to near the edge of space. Is there air to breathe? Is it dark? Are there clouds? What about air pressure? Fifth-grade students from Ferguson Elementary in Klamath Falls, Oregon…

Design in the Watershed

Journal Article | December 2014

Fifth-grade students use STEM principles to improve local water quality.

Ornithologists By Design

Journal Article | January 2016

Kindergarteners design, construct, and evaluate bird feeders.

Designing Assessments

Journal Article | April 2003

The authors share their experiences with free test items from National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests. These questions provide an excellent format for teachers to create new questions or modify existing…