Support for At-Home Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

Focusing on Learning as a Marker of Success for Underrepresented Students

Journal Article | December 2020

Using Human-Centered Design to Enhance the Guest Experience at the Dallas Arboretum

Journal Article | May 2022

From Science in the Art Gallery to Art in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | July 2022

In this study, 26 teachers for kindergarten through Grade 8 in six schools participated in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary professional development (PD) effort focused on integrating environmental education across…

Science Assessments as a Learning Opportunity

Journal Article | March 2023

Feedback best practices support timely, high-quality feedback with application opportunity. Multiple attempts on assessments support learning gains. A learning management system can be used to automatically provide…

Capturing Student and Instructor Experiences, Perceptions, and Reflections on Remote Learning and Teaching in Introductory Chemistry Courses During COVID-19

Journal Article | July 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to suddenly pivot from in-person to remote teaching and students to rapidly adapt their learning strategies. During this emergency instruction period, 21 semistructured, one-on-…

Fact-Checking in an Era of Fake News

Journal Article | May 2021

Leadership’s Role in Elementary Science Safety

Journal Article | May 2023

Marginalizing Misinformation

Journal Article | May 2023

Taking the Office Hour Out of the Office

Journal Article | January 2021

Science classrooms across our campus have changed dramatically over the past 10 years as an increasing number of instructors have incorporated a variety of active learning techniques into their teaching practice, using…

The Potency of Evidence

Journal Article | June 2021

When Is Asking Questions a Science Practice?

Journal Article | October 2021

Student-Driven Research in the First Year

Journal Article | October 2020

We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an…

Comparison of Student Success Between High-Clicker and Low-Clicker Frequency in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | October 2020

Active-learning approaches have recently been broadly promoted on many campuses, but research is limited on how varying levels of interaction impact student success. The aim of this study was to compare student success…

A Journey to Acceptance

Journal Article | August 2020

The main objective of this study was to characterize the acceptance of evolution among biology majors. Semi-structured interviews were carried out to track the opinions of students in relation to two aspects of…