Service-Learning Through Citizen Science in a COVID-Adapted Classroom

Journal Article | November 2022

Classrooms were turned upside down amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, which began approximately halfway through the spring 2020 semester. A service-learning project was implemented in my section of a general biology…

Biology Students’ Views of Science Communication

Journal Article | July 2023

Educational efforts to promote effective oral science communication at the undergraduate level tend to reinforce strategies related to impression management. Students are taught tactics that can be used to create the…

Q: What Color Is the Sun?

Journal Article | April 2021

Seeing The Light

Journal Article | January 2023

Building Better Questions

Journal Article | January 2023

Shining a Light on the 'T' in STEM

Journal Article | April 2021

(W)holistic Science Pedagogy

Journal Article | August 2021

Using a Systems Thinking Approach to Figure Out Why a Ball Drops, Bounces, and Stops

Journal Article | October 2018

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. In this issue, learn how to develop students’ systems thinking skills and have them apply these skills to discover and explain the…

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…

Making C-E-R 'Attractive' for Elementary Teacher Candidates

Journal Article | July 2022

Exploring the STEM Landscape

Journal Article | June 2021

Making Sense of Sickle Cell Disease

Journal Article | November 2021

A Hands-on Activity to Understand the Nature of Science and Authentic Scientific Inquiry in Large Laboratory Courses

Journal Article | May 2023

Integrating authentic research practices into introductory laboratory courses to prepare tomorrow’s scientists has become increasingly prevalent over the past decade. However, an incomplete understanding of the nature…

Making Lab Group Work Equitable and Inclusive

Journal Article | March 2023

The collaborative nature of introductory college science labs means that labs can play a major role in boosting students’ interest in experimental science when they work together in small groups. However, collaboration…