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List | February 2020

Lab Safety and the 'Dirty Dozen'

Blog Post | November 2021

Research and Teaching: Using a Practical Instructional Development Process to Show That Integrating Lab and Active Learning Benefits Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry

Journal Article | December 2016

The authors describe how a practical instructional development process helped a first-year assistant professor rapidly develop, implement, and assess the impact on her Analytical Chemistry course caused by three changes…

Research and Teaching: Published Freshman Lab Exercises as Indicators of Awareness and Adoption of Instructional Practices Grounded in Discipline-Based Education Research

Journal Article | June 2014

This article looks at a potential factor for the existence of a research-practice gap in science instruction in higher education: instructors' access to research-based instructional materials.

Improving Science Education for Future Teachers: A Biology Lab Experience With a Teaching Component—Assumption College’s Science Programs for Education Majors

Journal Article | January 1999

Faculty from Worchester's Assumption College education and natural sciences departments developed a science/education initiative to enhance the science preparation of future elementary teachers. The program included a…

Student-Designed Experiments in Scientific Lab Instruction: Students at the University of Puerto Rico Go back to the Basics to Learn Chemistry Concepts

Journal Article | October 1997

Student-designed experiments emphasize depth of understanding. Revisiting "known" concepts like heat, temperature, uncertainty in measurements, mass, and volume, helps students deepen their understanding. Having to…

Web Seminar: FA25: Lab Safety Considerations for Pre-Service Elementary Science/STEM Teachers, September 29, 2025

Web Seminar | February 2025

This interactive web seminar will begin with an overview of safety protocols specific for doing elementary level safer science/STEM classroom/laboratory activities with Dr. Ken Roy, NSTA and NSELA Safety Compliance…