Issues of Question Equivalence in Online Exam Pools

Journal Article | March 2023

During the pandemic, the use of question pools for online testing was recommended to mitigate cheating, exposing multitudes of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students across the globe to this…

Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19

Journal Article | January 2023

Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (PD). To better develop PD opportunities, it is important to understand…

Responsive Teaching in Online Learning Environments

Journal Article | February 2021

Online teaching and learning have become widespread in higher education over the past two decades, and accelerated during the pandemic. Although online learning is expanding and has many benefits, instructors teaching…

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…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, July 13, 2021

Reports Article | July 2021

Building Relationships Between Educators and Researchers

Blog Post | December 2023

Crosscutting Concepts as Productive Ways of Thinking

Journal Article | August 2019

Tips and techniques for creative teaching

A balloon that does not burn

Journal Article | September 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions

The Sun's Energy

Journal Article | December 2018

Seasonal Weather Patterns

Journal Article | January 2019

Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course

Journal Article | October 2019

The authors describe how they introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors.

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Science and Math online resources for teaching young children

Blog Post | April 2020

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, September 7, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021