Features of an Effective Future-Faculty Teaching-Development Program

Journal Article | April 2020

Many institutions are preparing graduate students and postdoctorals (future faculty) for effective teaching in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Interestingly, little is known…

The SDM Finger

Journal Article | October 2019

Exploring makerspaces, engineering, and more

Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement

Journal Article | July 2020

Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction. A foundational pillar of the LA model is the LA pedagogy course,…

Building Picnic Tables ... and Community

Journal Article | February 2021

Using Augmented Reality to Augment Inquiry (and Fun!) in Your Lessons

Journal Article | May 2022

Let’s Explore

Journal Article | March 2022

Adapting Existing Curriculum for Equitable Learning Experiences

Journal Article | April 2022

An Examination of Constructivism, Active Learning, and Reflexive Journaling and Their Independent and Combined Effects on Student Acceptance of Biological Evolution

Journal Article | January 2022

Instruction that increases acceptance of evolution is essential to effective biology instruction, but instruction about evolution is not consistently correlated with increased levels of acceptance. Does the pedagogical…

Doing It All

Journal Article | November 2022

STEM Scholars’ Sense of Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article | August 2021

The purpose of this study was to investigate sense of community (SOC) within a STEM learning community during the COVID-19 pandemic. The STEM learning community that was the setting for this study is funded by a…

Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

Journal Article | December 2020

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…

Equity Strategies: Community Hosts and Design Thinking in a Middle School Summer Camp

Journal Article | September 2020

The Boxcar Challenge Unit

Journal Article | February 2020

When Can We See Makali‘i?

Journal Article | November 2022

Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Journal Article | July 2020

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…