Windows on the Inquiry Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

A complete video and documentary record of an inquiry-based nonscience majors’ course has been captured (the “Fire and Ice” Collection). Every moment of 27 class sessions may be observed from several points of view (…

What If?

Journal Article | September 2022

Cultivating Collaboration

Journal Article | October 2023

The American Geophysical Union Steps It Up on Climate Science Education

Journal Article | June 2022

Pizza Problem

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about researching a problem. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students are aware of the need to learn as much as possible about how…

Seeing is Believing

Journal Article | July 2023

Inspiring Young Minds

Journal Article | January 2021

Does This Count as Work?

Journal Article | July 2022

Influencing Perceptions of STEM Through the Best STEM Books List

Journal Article | July 2021

Energy in Its Many Forms

Journal Article | January 2023

Improving Writing Skills Through Scripting a Science Podcast for Non-Expert Audiences

Journal Article | July 2023

In this article, we describe and analyze the experience of undergraduate chemistry students who scripted episodes of a science podcast for non-expert audiences. This practice aimed to improve public communication of…

Innovation and Design

Journal Article | January 2021

Let's Build a Fast Car

Journal Article | August 2021

Force and Motion Ideas

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possible answers includes several distracters that are based on learning…

Is the Sun a Star?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…