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…

Where Do Stars Go?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about stars. The probe is designed to examine students’ ideas about the location of stars in the daytime.

Identifying Differences in Learning Strategies by Demographics and Course Grade in a Community College Context

Journal Article | August 2020

Metacognition and self-regulated learning are skills that contribute to student success, but few studies have examined these topics within a community college context. We addressed this lack of understanding by asking…

Growing With Phenomenon

Journal Article | May 2022

Partnering With Our Food Pantry to Distribute At-Home STEM Kits

Journal Article | July 2022

Heat Maps as a Fun and Instructive Way to Gauge Student Perceptions on Skill Development

Journal Article | September 2023

Adventures in Quander: A QIS Video Game for Secondary Learners

Journal Article | February 2023

Teaching Nature of Engineering with Picture Books

Journal Article | January 2021

Capitalizing on Student Misconceptions

Journal Article | January 2021

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…

Crunching Cans and Generating Power

Journal Article | June 2021

What If We Made Room for Young People?

Journal Article | January 2022

How Do Students Interact With the Primary Scientific Literature in an Undergraduate Science Program?

Journal Article | January 2023

The ability to read, understand, and interpret primary scientific literature is an essential skill for undergraduate students in science. This study aimed to provide a detailed understanding of how second- and third-…

The Red Issue

Journal Article | September 2020

Talking About Gravity

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about gravity. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that gravity is a universal force that exists everywhere on Earth and in…