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…

Learning Business Economics and Fermentation by Developing a Method for Producing Yogurt

Journal Article | August 2020

Virtual Sungazing

Journal Article | December 2020

Decoding the Corn Field

Journal Article | December 2020

Fun With Forces and Motion

Journal Article | April 2020

Sowing Spartina

Journal Article | May 2020

Freebies for Science Teachers/From the Field, March 15, 2022

Reports Article | March 2022

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.

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