Engaging First-Year Undergraduates in Hands-On Research Experiences: The Upper Green River Barcode of Life Project

Journal Article | December 2009

To improve retention and engagement, first-year college science majors enrolled in University Experience orientation courses participated in a hands-on laboratory research experience: a DNA barcoding project to…

Research and Teaching: Assessment of a Constructivist-Motivated Mentoring Program to Enhance the Teaching Skills of Atmospheric Science Graduate Students

Journal Article | October 2011

This article describes a collaborative mentoring program in which graduate students from a university atmospheric science research department team-taught environmental science classes with professors in a liberal arts…

Research and Teaching: Traditional and Constructivist Teaching Techniques—Comparing Two Groups of Undergraduate Nonscience Majors in a Biology Lab

Journal Article | October 2004

Constructivist teaching techniques work well in various instructional settings, but many teachers remain skeptical because there is a lack of quantitative data supporting this model. This study compared an undergraduate…

Writing a Scientific Research ("Testable") Question: The First Step in Using Online Data Sets for Guided Inquiry Assignments

Journal Article | February 2012

This study examines preservice elementary teachers' ability to generate a testable question using data made accessible online through the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Michigan Sea Grant.

Computer-Assisted Microscopy in Science Teaching and Research: A Technological Approach to Teaching the Relationships Between Biological Form and Function

Journal Article | January 1997

Microscopes have been the main tool for analyzing tissue form in both university and research laboratories for decades. However, biological microscopy has entered a new era with the advent of desktop computers and…

Creating a Preschool Computational-Thinking Learning Blueprint to Guide the Development of Learning Resources for Young Children

Journal Article | June 2020

Using Apps to Engage All Families in Science Exploration

Journal Article | June 2020

Evaluation of Computing Workshops at the Science Museum

Journal Article | March 2021

Guest Editorial: The National Science Imperative—Focusing on the Future: Increasing Research Funding and Making America Thoroughly Science Literate

Journal Article | October 1998

The future will be dramatically different—not only from today but even from our best predictions. The 21st Century will be a rapid-paced century of scientific breakthroughs. This article features the major developments…

Research and Teaching: Engaging Students -- An Examination of the Effects of Teaching Strategies on Self-Efficacy and Course in a Nonmajors Physics Course

Journal Article | August 2005

Self-efficacy is a key predictor of achievement and retention in most academic areas, including the sciences. In this study, the effects of teaching strategies on self-efficacy and course climate were examined. Question…