Integrating Technology: Enhancing a Scientific Inquiry Lesson Through Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Journal Article | August 2017

This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This month's column describes an activity for eighth-grade classrooms that addresses energy transformation and…

Research and Teaching: Delivery of Summative Assessment Matters for Improving At-Risk Student Learning

Journal Article | August 2017

This study investigates how summative assessments could be used to reduce the achievement gap among at-risk groups of students in an introductory biology course.

Formative Assessment Probes: Using Formative Assessment Probes to Develop Elementary Learning Stations

Journal Article | June 2018

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This issue discusses learning station probes.

From Mendel to Me: Constructing Genetics Knowledge Through Historical Problem-Based Learning

Journal Article | January 2016

Teach traits and heredity with a lesson that focuses on the life of the the father of genetics.

A Hands-On Activity to Build Mastery of Intermolecular Forces and Its Impacts on Student Learning

Journal Article | February 2016

The intermolecular forces activity presented in this article is designed to foster concept-building through students’ use of concrete, manipulative objects, and it was developed to be pedagogically sound. Data analysis…