Community Lead-Ers

Journal Article | September 2020

Human Body Basics

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about levels of organization in the human body. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize cells as the basic unit of both structure…

Connecting Projects to Standards

Journal Article | August 2020

The Cheerleader and the Football Player

Case Study | August 2001

Talking About Gravity

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that gravity is a universal force that exists everywhere on Earth and in…

Functions of Living Things

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about life processes. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that plants and animals share several life functions, even though they are…

Julie Olson, Mitchell, South Dakota

Journal Article | August 2019

An Interview with Julie Olson, Mitchell, South Dakota

Facilitating Emancipatory and Justice-Centered Environmental and Climate Learning

Journal Article | September 2021

Supporting a Museum-Based Network of Science Teacher Leaders

Journal Article | June 2022

Initial Development and Validation of the Biology Teaching Assistant Role Identity Questionnaire (BTARIQ)

Journal Article | May 2023

Graduate teaching assistants (TAs) may identify with multiple roles during their introductory biology teaching experiences. This study developed an instrument that measures TA role identity in introductory biology.…

Outrageous Optics

Journal Article | August 2021

A Process of Pedagogical Change in College Science Education

Journal Article | November 2022

This article aims to explore the experiences of science instructors who are active participants in the design and enactment of an interdisciplinary science course with student-centered pedagogy in a large-enrollment…

Evaluating Information: The Impact of Major, Class Standing, and Experience With Primary Literature

Journal Article | February 2020

Social media platforms and other internet sites may propagate inaccurate or misleading information. This misinformation encourages speculation, rumors, and mistrust in established science. In the current study, we…

Science That’s Out of This World

Journal Article | June 2020

Pivoting During a Pandemic

Journal Article | March 2022