Improving Retention and Graduation of Female Engineering and Polytechnic Students With First-Year Interventions

Journal Article | May 2023

Prior research in student retention emphasizes that building students’ connections with the institution and their peers is key. Students from underrepresented populations often lack these connections, making them more…

Preservice Science Teachers Practice Teaching Online through 4E Instructional Model

Journal Article | August 2021

This article is prepared as part of a “Practice Teaching in Science” course of a teacher education program aiming for developing prospective science teachers’ teaching through inquiry-based instruction involving…

Socially Transformative Teaching

Journal Article | March 2022

Digging for Data

Journal Article | April 2021

Taking the Office Hour Out of the Office

Journal Article | January 2021

Science classrooms across our campus have changed dramatically over the past 10 years as an increasing number of instructors have incorporated a variety of active learning techniques into their teaching practice, using…

Inquiry-Based Lab Finals

Journal Article | May 2023

Weathering the Virtual Storm

Journal Article | April 2021

The Stable and Persistent Alternative Conceptions Present in Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Understanding of Average Speed

Journal Article | March 2022

This study investigated the stability and persistence of prospective elementary teachers’ conceptual understanding of average speed. A questionnaire containing two questions about average speed was administered to the…

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…

What’s in a Wave?

Journal Article | February 2021

The “Magic” of Density

Journal Article | June 2021

Bird Biodiversity

Journal Article | March 2023

Teaching with Music

Journal Article | March 2022

Introductory Biology Students’ Opinions on the Pivot to Crisis Distance Education in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article | August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher-education institutions to close campuses and pivot all face-to-face (F2F) instruction online. This transition to Crisis Distance Education (CDE) was unprecedented in scope and speed…

For Your Eyes Only

Journal Article | January 2021