Closing the Achievement Gap by Bringing STEM Kits Home

Journal Article | April 2021

STEM Teaching Tools: Guidance for Justice-Centered Climate Change Teaching and Learning

Journal Article | September 2021

Utilizing Technology to DiALoG Classroom Speaking and Listening

Journal Article | January 2022

Rotting Apple

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

Measuring Data Skills in Undergraduate Student Work

Journal Article | February 2021

Data literacy, or students’ abilities to understand, interpret, and think critically about data, is an increasing need in K–16 science education. Ocean Tracks College Edition (OT-CE) sought to address this need by…

Strategies to Increase the Workforce Development of Interdisciplinary Cohorts of Traditionally Underrepresented Students in STEM

Journal Article | October 2021

This article presents results from a Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) grant from the National Science Foundation that supported students from three majors and funded the development of cocurricular activities designed to…

Integrated Concentration in Science

Journal Article | January 2022

The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage…

As Light Meets Matter

Case Study | May 2002

Pulsar: A Podcast

Journal Article | March 2022

Q: What Color Is the Sun?

Journal Article | April 2021

Is the Sun a Star?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…

How is COVID-19 Impacting Families and Communities?

Lesson Plan | July 2020

Developing a Classroom Assessment Rubric

Journal Article | May 2022

The development and implementation of varied assessment practices is a major focus in higher education. Assessment benefits both students and teachers; it informs teachers about students’ learning and misconceptions,…

Cancer and Formaldehyde

Journal Article | April 2023

Starting at the Beginning

Journal Article | April 2021

This study examines what prior knowledge and misconceptions about evolutionary theory students bring with them into an introductory biological anthropology course. One hundred and fifty-three students completed short,…