Promoting Biodiversity Through Urban Greenspaces

Journal Article | August 2021

The Hot and Cold of Volcanoes

Journal Article | October 2021

Data literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2020

Investigating the Resurrection Plant

Journal Article | March 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions.

Science Identity and Its Implications for STEM Retention and Career Aspirations Through a Research-Based First-Year Biology Seminar

Journal Article | August 2022

There are more STEM jobs than there are qualified graduates to fill these positions, and recruiting students into STEM majors is insufficient. Of students who enter college intending to pursue STEM, nearly half do not…

Determination of the Helpfulness of Physics Exam Study Methods

Journal Article | July 2023

This study investigates the relationship between study methods and exam performance in introductory physics courses. Data were collected over 3 years through surveys to examine students’ study habits, perceived…

Students Taught by a First-Time Instructor Using Active-Learning Teaching Strategies Outperform Students Taught by a Highly-Regarded Traditional Instructor

Journal Article | February 2021

In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students improve their physics knowledge and problem-solving skills. In this…

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…

Gender Inequities Throughout STEM

Journal Article | January 2022

Efforts to promote equity and inclusion using evidence-based approaches are vital to correcting long-standing societal inequities that have disadvantaged women and discouraged them from pursuing studies, including in…

Incorporating DNA Education in Early and Intermediate STEM Learning

Blog Post | July 2021

Let’s Be Litter Free

Journal Article | September 2019

Investigating anthropogenic litter in local ecosystems

Systems Within Systems

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about technological systems. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students recognize that all systems are nested within and…

How Are Science and Engineering Similar?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the ways in which science and engineering are similar. The probe is designed to reveal whether students understand that science and engineering…