An Argumentative Writing Prompt Model to Support Nonscience Major Students’ Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course

Journal Article | July 2022

An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to…

Building Picnic Tables ... and Community

Journal Article | February 2021

From Local to Global

Journal Article | April 2021

Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns

Journal Article | June 2021

Bringing Engineering Into Play

Journal Article | November 2022

Giant Sequoia Tree

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transformation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that most of the matter that makes up the wood of a tree…

Floating High and Low

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density and buoyancy. The probe is designed to find out how students think an object can be changed to make it float differently.

Is It Matter?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about matter. The probe is designed to reveal the characteristics students use to describe and define matter.

Building Bridges

Journal Article | December 2020

We describe a hands-on, collaborative activity designed to illustrate general properties of evolution, provide practice for quantitative skills, promote creativity and collaboration, and enable student self-assessment…

Freebies for Science Teachers, July 20, 2021

Reports Article | July 2021

Symbols in Physics

Journal Article | April 2021

Symbols are a cornerstone of the written language of physics and mathematics but inconsistencies in their use pose a challenge to students. This article reports on interviews held with first-year undergraduate physics…

A Science Teacher-Friendly Primer on Implicit Bias

Journal Article | November 2022

Floating Logs

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about floating and sinking. The probe is designed to find out if students think changing the size of an object affects how it floats.

Sam’s Puppy

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about growth. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize that growth occurs as a result of cell division, which increases the number…

Preparing for Cosmic Collisions

Journal Article | March 2020