Research and Teaching: Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Attitudes toward Science and Technology

Journal Article | April 2009

Interest in science and technology is essential to good citizenship. By adapting items from other scales and writing new items, the authors developed the Attitudes Toward Science and Technology scale, containing 30…

Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Success—and Failure—in Completing a Simple Circuit

Journal Article | September 2000

This research study was motivated by physics educators’ ubiquitous citing of the batteries and bulbs study (Thiberghien and Delacote, 1976) even though the literature has not reported on surveys of a large population…

Research and Teaching: Does Students' Source of Knowledge Affect Their Understanding of Volcanic Systems?

Journal Article | August 2011

This article discusses a Volcanic Concept Survey, an instrument designed to measure conceptual understanding of volcanic processes and hazards. Scores from this survey show that students who learned about volcanoes from…

Research and Teaching: An Analysis of Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) in a Science Lecture Classroom

Journal Article | February 2008

Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) is an online tool being used to integrate a writing component in classrooms. In an introductory zoology lecture class, the authors found that CPR-assigned scores were significantly higher…

Point of View: Do Academic Research Costs Drive up Undergraduate Tuition?

Journal Article | October 1997

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue focuses on the tuition and fee increases for colleges and universities.

Research and Teaching: An Assessment of STEM Faculty Involvement in Reform of Introductory College Courses

Journal Article | June 2010

Twin strategies of Institutes on the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics and support for faculty through minigrants are shown to be effective in stimulating college science and mathematics faculty to modify…

Research and Teaching: Web-Based Student Writing and Reviewing in a Large Lecture Course

Journal Article | February 2007

Though difficult to implement in large courses, undergraduate science writing and peer review are valuable learning experiences for students and valid mechanisms for student evaluation. This study describes improved…

Research and Teaching: Silent Students' Participation in a Large Active Learning Science Classroom

Journal Article | October 2012

This study aims to understand the impact of active learning on silent students in a large general chemistry course taught via Socratic questioning and discussion "clicker" questions.

Facilitating Learner-Centered Interactions Through Applied Improvisation

Journal Article | June 2022

Highlights From the NSTA Research Committee

Blog Post | February 2025

Early Exposure to Primary Literature and Interactions With Scientists Influences Novice Students’ Views on the Nature of Science

Journal Article | June 2021

Postsecondary science faculty often hope to help students to better understand science through engagement with primary research literature. Undergraduates in courses focused on reading and discussion of research…

Primary Literature in Undergraduate Science Courses

Journal Article | January 2021

Primary literature—consisting of novel peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings—has been associated with several positive outcomes for students within undergraduate science courses. Primary literature is the…