Integrating the Five Practices and Model-Based Inquiry to Facilitate Meaningful Science Discourse

Journal Article | September 2020

What Cycles in the Sky Can Students Observe?

Journal Article | December 2020

Q: Why Can I See My Breath on Cold Days?

Journal Article | February 2020

Q: What are waves, and what are some things they can do?

Journal Article | September 2020

Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format

Journal Article | December 2020

Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article describes an approach to developing active learning lessons from authentic…

What Will Be Your Legacy as a Science Teacher?

Journal Article | August 2019

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Digging Deeper Into Virtual Learning

Journal Article | December 2020

Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course

Journal Article | April 2020

An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science…

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…

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…

Example of Different Paragraph Blocks

Page | January 2020

Example of Different Paragraph Blocks 4 Up Secondary Featured Content   Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2, Second Edition: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes…

Refraction

Journal Article | March 2019

Exploring light as it moves from one medium to another with the intriguing result of different speeds—the bending of light we call refraction.

What Makes Them Tick? Middle School Data Science Explorations of Ticks and Lyme Disease

Journal Article | September 2020