Who Gets Helped?

Journal Article | December 2020

Although peer interaction in the college classroom may benefit some students by developing peer networks for future collaborations, prior research has suggested that these relationships most often benefit students from…

Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, March 23, 2021

Reports Article | March 2021

Will It Form a New Substance?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…

Magnets in Water

Journal Article | October 2018

Investigating Urban Trees

Journal Article | February 2020

They Really Used to Think That?

Journal Article | August 2020

Evolutionary Relationships Argument

Journal Article | September 2020

Peer Review and Response

Journal Article | October 2020

Students in an upper-division Environmental Chemistry course used peer review and response to reviewer comments to improve their writing skills. The process employed an anonymous and timed in-class Peer Review Format.…