A Layered Approach to Scientific Models

Journal Article | August 2020

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…

Teaching With Simulations

Journal Article | February 2019

Teachers use simulations for student motivation, content learning, and engagement in science practices.

Does It Have to Touch?

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that forces can act both in direct contact with an object and at a…

Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force Patterns

Journal Article | June 2021

Fact or Fiction

Journal Article | December 2020

Laboratory Eye Protection Denial Syndrome

Blog Post | January 2023

The Undergraduate Teacher-Scholar Program

Journal Article | April 2021

Peer learning programs have been developed to support many introductory science courses by providing additional instruction and engagement. These programs are beneficial to both learners and instructors, providing…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 25, 2022

Reports Article | January 2022

Simulating a Non-Native Invasion

Journal Article | January 2019

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

Blog Post | August 2025

An Investigation Into the Impact of the Flipped Classroom With Active Learning on the Perception and Performance of Biology Nonmajor Students at the Undergraduate Level

Journal Article | October 2020

We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…

Responsive Teaching in Online Learning Environments

Journal Article | February 2021

Online teaching and learning have become widespread in higher education over the past two decades, and accelerated during the pandemic. Although online learning is expanding and has many benefits, instructors teaching…

Cultivating Place

Journal Article | March 2021

Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Journal Article | July 2020

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…