Earth Watch

Journal Article | April 2021

Banana Split: To Eat or Not to Eat

Case Study | November 2010

Where Do You Find Earth’s Plates?

Lesson Plan | July 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tectonic plates are located.

Nonmajor Students’ Use of Reflection to Enhance Biology Understanding and Relevance

Journal Article | July 2023

Although most students in nonmajor biology courses will not enter careers in science, they will need a working understanding of biology and how it relates to their lives to make informed decisions on important topics…

Clickers Are Not Enough: Results of a Decade-Long Study Investigating Instructional Strategies in Chemistry

Journal Article | February 2020

Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clickers to improve student learning performance. To fill a gap in the…

Keeping Cool With SageModeler

Journal Article | March 2022

Adapting a Popular Technique in College Lecture Halls to K–12 Classrooms

Journal Article | August 2020

How STEM Teachers Can Immerse Themselves in the Three Rs Over the Summer

Journal Article | April 2020

Action Research: Using a 5E Instructional Approach to Improve Undergraduate Physics Laboratory Instruction

Journal Article | April 2020

A physics laboratory instructor used action research to effectively implement a 5E instructional approach, which incorporated scientific practices. The instructor explored how to integrate the instructional approach…

Safer Engineering Instruction in K–12 Labs and Makerspaces: Results From a 2020 National Study

Blog Post | June 2021

Catalyzing the Advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemical Education

Journal Article | August 2022

Only a relatively small number of students from underrepresented groups enter the field of chemistry, complete their degrees, and enter the workforce. There are ethical and practical concerns when we lose out on…

Transitioning from Partial to Total Understanding

Journal Article | July 2023

An Argumentative Writing Prompt Model to Support Nonscience Major Students’ Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course

Journal Article | July 2022

An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to…

It's Dark So Early!

Journal Article | December 2020