Facilitating Departmental and Institutional Change for Expanding Undergraduate Research Experiences

Journal Article | May 2023

Increased sustainable access to undergraduate research opportunities, particularly for historically underrepresented populations, involves transforming departmental and institutional cultures, which is time-consuming…

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.…

Launching Inquiry Into Motion

Journal Article | October 2021

Computing in Bioinformatics and Engaged Student Learning

Journal Article | November 2022

The field of biology education—and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines more broadly—has witnessed two major shifts in the past decade: (i) the increased awareness of research-based…

Teacher Spotlight: Daniel Delcher

Journal Article | December 2020

Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry

Journal Article | February 2020

Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…

STEM Laboratory Safety on a Shoestring

Journal Article | August 2020

An Interdisciplinary STEM Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Establishes a Community of Practice and Promotes Psychosocial Gains

Journal Article | March 2023

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent an economical and practical way for institutions to equitably offer research experiences to large numbers of students. Although the benefits of CUREs are…

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

Journal Article | July 2020

While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introductory STEM courses. In this project, we used the strategy of…

Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education

Journal Article | July 2023

Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of foundational ideas. Teacher preparation programs and professional…

Why Are There Coral in the Cliffs?

Journal Article | January 2021

The Undergraduate Teacher-Scholar Program

Journal Article | April 2021

Peer learning programs have been developed to support many introductory science courses by providing additional instruction and engagement. These programs are beneficial to both learners and instructors, providing…

Making Stone Soup

Journal Article | March 2023

Lessons Learned

Journal Article | March 2023

Poetry for Design Thinking

Journal Article | January 2022