Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Use of Speaking, Listening, and Writing Skills to Understand the Importance of Nature of Science Instruction

Journal Article | July 2020

There has been a focus on improving teachers’ views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary…

Teaching Sciences With Impact Using the Lectorial Approach: Stimulating Active Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

This article reports on students’ experiences of the lectorial approach that was implemented for health science students studying sciences at a South Australian university. A lectorial, based on active student-centered…

The Importance of Teaching and Learning About the Ocean: Ocean Literacy as a Critical Component of Science and Environmental Literacy

Position Statement | March 2025

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…

A Model for a Data Analysis– and Literature-Intensive Undergraduate Course

Journal Article | May 2022

This article describes the use of literature to broaden students’ skills in content comprehension, data analysis, modeling, and productive scientific discussion. The design builds on existing models to maximize student…

Collaboration Through Critical Service Learning—In Search of Earth’s Secrets

Journal Article | September 2023

Making Science Personal

Journal Article | January 2021

General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be their first time encountering a stand-alone astronomy class, and it is…

Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments

Journal Article | August 2021

Celebrating 80 Years of Success

Blog Post | July 2024

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, August 6, 2024

Reports Article | July 2024

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 21, 2025

Reports Article | January 2025

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 31, 2023

Reports Article | January 2023

Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 8, 2025

Reports Article | July 2025

Is It Affordable?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about trade-offs. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that trade-offs involve sacrificing one or more things in favor of another…

Rethinking the Discussion on ‘Learning Loss’

Blog Post | February 2021