An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy

Journal Article | August 2019

Cognitive scientists study how people learn. This type of knowledge can be applied in a diverse array of fields, ranging from advertising to journalism and academia. Lindsay Portnoy is a lecturer at Northeastern…

Changing Constellations

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…

STEM Education Outreach Involving School-Industry-University Partnerships for Scalable and Sustainable Impact

Journal Article | June 2023

Reflecting on This Week’s Daily Do

Blog Post | April 2020

Weather Versus Climate: What’s the Difference?

Journal Article | December 2020

Teacher Spotlight: Brenda Walsh

Journal Article | May 2020

Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments

Journal Article | August 2021

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…

Place-Based Cases: Museum Collaboration Develops Mock Trial CSI Cases

Journal Article | February 2022

Research Project-Based Learning in Meteorology Using an Online Severe Weather Events Archive

Journal Article | July 2023

This article presents a semester-long, interdisciplinary project-based learning (PBL) suitable for secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in a second-semester (i.e., intermediate) meteorology course. This case-…

Personal Characteristics Influencing College Readiness of Hispanic Students in a STEM Gateway Course, First-Semester General Chemistry

Journal Article | May 2022

This study is an exploratory comparison of 69 Hispanic students enrolled in first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) who attended either a Hispanic-Serving or emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution and were not…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, November 10, 2020

Reports Article | November 2020

The Big Bad Wolf or Symbol of the American Wilderness?

Case Study | January 2014

Habitat Change

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…