Exploring Student Perception Toward Online Homework and Comparison With Paper Homework in an Introductory Probability Course

Journal Article | December 2020

Online software systems are extensively used to give students practice on course content, especially in mathematics and physics courses. They offer instant feedback, and several of these systems are open source or very…

How Do We Find Patterns in Weather?

Lesson Plan | March 2020

Lab Safety: Overcrowded STEM/STEAM Labs and Makerspaces

Blog Post | March 2022

An Interdisciplinary STEM Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Establishes a Community of Practice and Promotes Psychosocial Gains

Journal Article | March 2023

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent an economical and practical way for institutions to equitably offer research experiences to large numbers of students. Although the benefits of CUREs are…

Just When You Thought Your Lab Was Safer

Blog Post | February 2023

Meeting the Challenges of Remote Learning

Reports Article | June 2020

Newton’s Prisms

Journal Article | November 2020

The Facts Do Not Speak for Themselves

Journal Article | May 2020

Instructional Space Health and Safety Cleaning Protocols for the Beginning of the New School Year

Blog Post | August 2025

Picking the Best Solution

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to provide practice in using a decision matrix. The probe is designed to see if students are able to interpret a decision matrix and to help you determine difficulties they may…

An Adapted Journal Club Approach

Journal Article | May 2022

Students must be able to evaluate primary literature, yet few options exist within the undergraduate curriculum to develop the necessary skills. In this article, we offer an adapted journal club that provides students…

Climate Change Education: A Model of Justice-Oriented STEM Education

Journal Article | February 2021

Fostering Nonscientist Thinking on Evolution Concepts Through the Teaching for Transformative Experiences in Science (TTES) Model

Journal Article | October 2020

Understanding of evolution is foundational to be a scientifically literate citizen because it allows analysis of socioscientific issues, such as biodiversity conservation, biotechnology applications, and human-induced…

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

Journal Article | July 2020

While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introductory STEM courses. In this project, we used the strategy of…

Concept Maps for Structuring Instruction and as a Potential Assessment Tool in a Large Introductory Science Course

Journal Article | July 2020

Concept maps make connections between ideas apparent, and thus would seem ideally suited to demonstrate learning. Yet, they are not widely used by instructors, particularly in large university classes. In this paper we…