Exploring Peer Learning Assistants’ Impact on Student Performance and Perceptions in an Undergraduate Biology Course

Journal Article | July 2023

To transition introductory college science courses from large, passive lectures to more student-centered learning environments, additional instructional support is needed. Peer learning assistants (PLAs) can support…

Teaching Comprehension in the Digital Age

Journal Article | April 2021

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.…

A Perfect Storm

Journal Article | March 2022

This point of view article uses a social science lens in an attempt to understand the differing environments of the two institutions (private and public) where I taught chemistry for 3 decades. I hypothesize that…

Exploring the Zooniverse

Journal Article | April 2021

A Synthesis of Geospatial Tools for the Middle Grades

Journal Article | September 2022

Enhancing Science Lessons to Support Multilingual Students’ Engagement in Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article | January 2021

A Design Heuristic for Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Journal Article | August 2022

Students reasoning with data in an authentic science environment had the opportunity to learn about the process of science and the world around them while developing skills to analyze and interpret self-collected and…

A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Perspectives Toward Learning Assistant–Faculty Relationships

Journal Article | January 2023

Learning Assistant (LA) programs oversee and support undergraduate instructors and faculty members who work together to facilitate student learning in a variety of classroom settings. The success of an LA program is…

NASA’s Universe of Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

Use of Interrupted Case Studies to Promote Argumentation in Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2023

There has been an increase in the number of studies about educational scenarios aimed at promoting argumentation. Special attention is given to scenarios involving case studies. In this article, we report on the…

Cross-grade Collaboration

Journal Article | May 2022

Student Agency Through Engineering

Journal Article | January 2022

Energy in Its Many Forms

Journal Article | January 2023

Oh Deer! Using Socioscientific Issues to Teach Inquiry-Based Lessons With English Language Learners

Journal Article | November 2022