A Layered Approach to Scientific Models

Journal Article | August 2020

The Role of Question-Asking in Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Journal Article | January 2023

Undergraduate research is a high-impact educational practice for which effective mentoring has been identified as a key factor in determining its success. Some researchers have argued that effective mentors help…

Does It Have a Life Cycle?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about life cycles. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize that although life cycles vary in length and developmental stages, all…

Laboratory Instructional Space Safety Checklist

Blog Post | October 2024

Revisiting Coronavirus Laboratory Activity Protocols

Blog Post | January 2022

Pesticides

Case Study | July 2005

Virtual Family Science Events

Blog Post | December 2020

Biological Diversity

Journal Article | August 2018

Flight of the Bumblebee

Journal Article | August 2020

Transforming Local Spaces With Relevant Perspectives

Journal Article | February 2021

Facilitating Conceptual Change by Engaging Students’ Preconceptions During College Science Classroom Instruction

Journal Article | January 2021

Whether to engage student preconceptions to facilitate conceptual change is an area of debate among conceptual change theorists. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of a preconceptions-based instructional sequence about…

Design Your Own Navy

Journal Article | February 2019

Virtual shipbuilding technology from professional naval engineeers

Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Journal Article | July 2020

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…

Why Coherence Matters for Multilingual Learners in Science Instruction

Blog Post | July 2021