Research and Teaching: Training the Foot Soldiers of Inquiry: Development and Evaluation of a Graduate Teaching Assistant Learning Community

Journal Article | August 2014

This article outlines the development of interdisciplinary graduate teaching assistant learning communities and findings from the various forms of evaluation.

Grant evaluation

Blog Post | March 2010

Our school recently received grant funds to upgrade the technology in our science labs next year, and the funding organization requires an annual report. This is a new endeavor for us. Do you have some suggestions on…

Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Evaluating Lessons for Sensemaking Using the NSTA Sensemaking Tool, August 10, 2022

Web Seminar | May 2022

The NSTA Sensemaking Tool (adapted from the research-based NGSS Lesson Screener) is designed to help educators be critical consumers of curricular materials as well as create and/or revise science lessons to reflect the…

Helping Students Evaluate the Strength of Evidence in Scientific Arguments: Thinking About the Inferential Distance Between Evidence and Claims

Journal Article | June 2013

Examine a predator-prey relationship to remind students to consider the evidence before making an inference.

Taking Science Online: Evaluating Presence and Immersion Through a Laboratory Experience in a Virtual Learning Environment for Entomology Students

Journal Article | August 2009

A 3–D virtual field trip was integrated into an online college entomology course and developed as a trial for the possible incorporation of future virtual environments to supplement online higher education laboratories…