Engineering Essential Attributes of Cooperative Learning and Quality Discourse in a Large Enrollment Course by Leveraging Clicker Devices

Journal Article | April 2020

This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…

Families Are Essential in the STEM Learning Ecosystem

Journal Article | October 2020

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

Journal Article | September 2020

Global Warming

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.

Ecosystem Cycles

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the transfer of matter and energy in ecosystems. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that only matter is cycled through an…

Blizzard Warning!

Journal Article | March 2022

Leadership Matters!

Journal Article | January 2023

What’s New in NSTA Journals for 2024?

Journal Article | October 2023

Teaching Students to Observe Their World

Journal Article | January 2021

Exploring Natural Disasters through Primary Sources

Journal Article | November 2022

A Synthesis of Geospatial Tools for the Middle Grades

Journal Article | September 2022

Farmers vs. Rabbits

Journal Article | March 2023

Science in the News

Journal Article | July 2023

Mapping Students’ Engineering Processes with Design Zones

Journal Article | January 2021

Instructional Scaffolding to Engage All Learners in Complex Science Text

Journal Article | January 2021