Which Little Piggy Went to Market?

Case Study | October 2005

Life, The Final Frontier

Case Study | November 2008

An Unusual Case of Animal Reproduction

Case Study | December 2011

I've Fallen Over and I Can't Get Up

Case Study | January 2012

Classic Experiments in Molecular Biology

Case Study | April 2012

Get a Chemical Clue

Case Study | August 2022

Teacher Pay

Position Statement | March 2025

Gazing at the Moon

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Earth-Sun-Moon system. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about Moon phases and whether they think the phase of the Moon changes…

STEM Career Expos Expose Potential Paths

Reports Article | March 2020

Science, Society, and Self

Journal Article | July 2022

A formal pedagogical push emerged and later blossomed in designing integrated curriculum between STEM and non-STEM areas in secondary and higher education. A growing cadre of research identifies positive learning…

Facilitating Conceptual Change by Engaging Students’ Preconceptions During College Science Classroom Instruction

Journal Article | January 2021

Whether to engage student preconceptions to facilitate conceptual change is an area of debate among conceptual change theorists. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of a preconceptions-based instructional sequence about…

Starting to Teach During the Pandemic

Reports Article | July 2020

Is the Sun a Star?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…

Is It Made of Molecules?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about molecules. The probe is designed to uncover whether students recognize that objects, materials, and substances of both a biological and physical…