Focusing on Learning as a Marker of Success for Underrepresented Students

Journal Article | December 2020

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Performance Following the Transition to Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article | August 2021

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an alternative pedagogical approach to the apprenticeship model for high-impact research immersion experiences. A W.M. Keck-funded Research Immersion Program…

The Downstream Collaborative Project

Journal Article | May 2020

An Investigation Into the Impact of the Flipped Classroom With Active Learning on the Perception and Performance of Biology Nonmajor Students at the Undergraduate Level

Journal Article | October 2020

We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…

Utility Engineer Aaron Spencer

Journal Article | June 2021

Combustion and a Jumping Flame

Journal Article | May 2020

Engaging Students at All Academic Levels in an Inquiry-Based Paleoecologic Learning Activity—Even When You Don’t Have the Rocks

Journal Article | October 2021

Inquiry-based learning is an educational strategy that emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process by having them propose and test hypotheses through experimentation and/or the collection of observational data…

Thinking Big

Journal Article | March 2020

Immerse Elementary Students in Light Explorations

Journal Article | October 2021

The Engaging Value of Engineering Activities: Actionable Insights From Research

Journal Article | August 2022

Advancing Alloys

Journal Article | April 2020

The manufacture of metal alloys is ubiquitous, yet infrequently discussed in high school coursework as concepts related to them are often too complex or abstract for beginning science students. However, earlier…

Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

Journal Article | May 2022

This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…

Teaching Green Chemistry Through Student-Generated Open Educational Resources

Journal Article | March 2023

This article describes the implementation of a student-generated open educational resource project into a majors’ organic chemistry laboratory. This scaffolded semester-long project was organized into six phases and…

Cornhole Predicts the Perfect Pitch

Journal Article | April 2021

A Learning Tool for Chemistry and Health Professions Students: Mnemonics for Writing Net Ionic Equations

Journal Article | February 2020

Chemical mnemonic devices have been designed to aid students in understanding chemical concepts in previous years. This has been done for concepts such as oxyanions, ozonolysis, tautomerization mechanisms in organic…