Research and Teaching: Student-Perceived Gains in Collaborative, Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Geosciences

Journal Article | October 2018

This study examined student-perceived gains in course-based undergraduate research experiences.

Research and Teaching: Development of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Using a Design-Based Approach

Journal Article | February 2017

In recent years, commissions and reports have called for laboratory courses that engage undergraduates in authentic research experiences. The authors present an iterative approach for developing course-based…

Research and Teaching: Assessing and Refining Group Take-Home Exams as Authentic, Effective Learning Experiences

Journal Article | April 2015

The learning goals of a lower division honors course, Science as a Way of Knowing, include critical thinking, scientific literacy, quantitative reasoning, communication, and teamwork. To help students develop skills and…

Research and Teaching: Computational Methods in General Chemistry: Perceptions of Programming, Prior Experience, and Student Outcomes

Journal Article | December 2015

This article explores how integrating computational tools into a general chemistry laboratory course can influence student perceptions of programming and investigates relationships among student perceptions, prior…

Science Sampler: Fix the potholes! Helping students translate their interests and life experiences into scientific investigations

Journal Article | March 2010

One strategy for differentiating science instruction that shows promise is a shift toward valuing students’ questions and life experiences (Barton 1998; Upadhyay 2006). In this article, the authors present potential…

Combustion and Energy Transfer Experiments: A Laboratory Model for Linking Core Concepts Across the Science Curriculum

Journal Article | December 2006

Core concepts can be integrated throughout lower-division science and engineering courses by using a series of related, cross-referenced laboratory experiments. Starting with butane combustion in chemistry, we expanded…

How Does Undergraduate Research Experience Impact Career Trajectories and Level of Career Satisfaction: A Comparative Survey

Journal Article | August 2014

This article reports a comparison of results from a survey of participants in the University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program with those of a comparable group drawn from the college of medicine who did…

Thinking Outside the Kit: Building Preservice Science Teachers’ Inquiry Skills With an Experiment That Doesn’t Go as Planned

Journal Article | August 2010

Preservice preparation courses for elementary teachers of science can provide opportunities to build pedagogical content knowledge. One common concern of preservice teachers is how to cope with a preplanned lesson that…