Thinking Big

Journal Article | March 2020

Getting Started in SoTL Research

Journal Article | June 2021

Getting started in SoTL research can seem daunting. Working with a team can increase support and productivity. This article explores roles in SoTL research teams, how to identify research projects, and pacing projects…

Versatile 3D Printed Colorimetry Toolkits

Journal Article | March 2020

Why Should We All Embrace Statistical Thinking?

Journal Article | January 2023

The Energy Zipline

Journal Article | April 2021

Green Plants, Red Glow

Journal Article | June 2021

Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns

Journal Article | June 2021

E–6 Preservice Teachers and Elementary Science Teaching

Journal Article | January 2022

The study assessed the science teaching confidence of preservice teachers in teaching elementary science by addressing two research questions: (1) Did preservice teachers understand the science concepts well enough to…

NGSS Science and Language Shifts in a Diverse Fourth-Grade Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) offer rich opportunities for both science and language learning. This article presents science and language instructional shifts, grounded in the NGSS and contemporary…

Beam Analysis in Statics Courses Using ReshmoBeam

Journal Article | April 2021

This article describes the use and advantages of the MATLAB-based program ReshmoBeam, developed to perform beam analysis, as it is done in statics courses of engineering curricula. An important goal of the article is to…

Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

Journal Article | December 2020

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…

Becoming Scientifically Literate

Journal Article | May 2020

Mass, Volume, and Density

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly held ideas about mass, volume, shape, and other properties that interfere…

Should I Wear a Mask in School?

Journal Article | September 2022

“Inspired by True Events”

Journal Article | May 2023