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…

Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork

Journal Article | October 2016

Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…

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.…

Socio-scientific Issues Instruction

Journal Article | November 2020

Surface-X

Journal Article | December 2020

The Boxcar Challenge Unit

Journal Article | February 2020

Talking Trash

Journal Article | May 2020

The War Over Water Continues

Journal Article | September 2019

Debates over water allocation help students understand Earth systems.

Are They Talking About Climate or Weather?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about climate. The probe is designed to find out whether students distinguish between weather and climate.

Laboratory Waste Disposal Safety Protocols

Blog Post | August 2024

Adaptation

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.