Earthworm Distribution in the Schoolyard Ecosystem

Journal Article | June 2020

Science Sampler: Bushwhacking for Bones

Journal Article | January 2004

An Earthwatch Institute Moose and Wolves Expedition to Isle Royale in Lake Superior was an excellent professional development opportunity in which the author built camaraderie with fellow teachers and created a predator…

Transforming to a Successful STEM School

Reports Article | March 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…

Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Journal Article | July 2020

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…

Influence of Environmental Factors on the Success of At-Risk Hispanic Students in First-Semester General Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2022

This article looks at the effects of environmental factors such as classification, residence location, and employment status of Hispanic students who unsuccessfully completed first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) at…

Teaching K–8 Teachers About Integrating Science and Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020

We examined the use of an engineering learning cycle (ELC) model and in a course for K–8 inservice teachers for two purposes. First, we were interested in how the ELC would support teachers’ science, mathematics, and…

A Model for a Data Analysis– and Literature-Intensive Undergraduate Course

Journal Article | May 2022

This article describes the use of literature to broaden students’ skills in content comprehension, data analysis, modeling, and productive scientific discussion. The design builds on existing models to maximize student…

Toward Equity for Multilingual Learners

Journal Article | March 2023

Aligning Undergraduate Science Curricula With Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article | August 2022

Recent science reform advocates for the inclusion of engineering design to teach science and represents a shift to so-called three-dimensional (3D) learning. This shift often requires science instructors to adapt their…

Data at a Distance

Journal Article | January 2022

Chicken-Centered Design

Journal Article | January 2022

Three-Dimensional Classroom Assessment Tasks

Journal Article | February 2019

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