Assessing Performance Expectations

Journal Article | February 2019

A note from the Editor about this issue's theme

What to Expect With Group Work

Journal Article | January 2021

Instructors who wish to take advantage of the benefits of collaborative group work often hesitate over concerns about conflict or problems that arise between students. There are no estimates of the level of conflict…

How to Read the Next Generation Science Standards

Page | April 2020

Collaborating to Improve Performance Expectations

Blog Post | August 2017

Jessica Tetreault and I were the only two middle school teachers at a recent conference, so we were paired to create a common performance assessment that we could both use with our students in the coming months. She…

All Performance Expectations resources

List | February 2020

Exploring the Role of Student Seating Preference and Performance in a Large Introductory STEM Course

Journal Article | March 2023

Most introductory courses are held in large lecture halls, with students typically sitting in either the front, middle, or back of the classroom. In a mixed-methods study of student attendance, performance, and seat…

How to Design a Performance Task

Journal Article | February 2019

Follow a sequence of steps to develop an authentic performance task.

Exploring Peer Learning Assistants’ Impact on Student Performance and Perceptions in an Undergraduate Biology Course

Journal Article | July 2023

To transition introductory college science courses from large, passive lectures to more student-centered learning environments, additional instructional support is needed. Peer learning assistants (PLAs) can support…

How Are the Standards Different?

Page | March 2020

Behavioral Disorders

Page | February 2020

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Performance Following the Transition to Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article | August 2021

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an alternative pedagogical approach to the apprenticeship model for high-impact research immersion experiences. A W.M. Keck-funded Research Immersion Program…

Comparing Student Performance and Satisfaction Between Face-to-Face and Online Education of a Science Course in a Liberal Arts University

Journal Article | October 2021

This study presents a quasi-experiment to assess differences in student performance and satisfaction between two different delivery modes—online and face-to-face education. We collected data from 747 (373 face-to-face…

Safer Handling of Alcohol in the Laboratory

Page | February 2020

National Conference on Science Education Philadelphia 2025 Professional Learning Institute 5

Page | November 2024