The Perfect Match

Journal Article | March 2019

A lesson that focuses on the intricate co-evolution of flowers with their pollinators is one way to help students learn the delicate balance in nature and help ensure that our actions do not upset this balance. In this…

Accessible Physics for All

Journal Article | August 2020

Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson

Journal Article | July 2020

This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction.…

The Impact of Online STEM Teaching and Learning During COVID-19 on Underrepresented Students’ Self-Efficacy and Motivation

Journal Article | July 2022

Female students, students of color, first-generation students, and low-income students face considerable barriers in access to STEM education, leading to their underrepresentation in STEM fields. Ensuring that these…

Developing and Using Computer Models to Understand Epidemics

Journal Article | January 2022

Engineering for Ecological and Social Justice

Journal Article | January 2023

A Simple Plan

Case Study | December 2012

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | October 2019

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, October 5, 2021

Reports Article | September 2021

A Learning Tool for Chemistry and Health Professions Students: Mnemonics for Writing Net Ionic Equations

Journal Article | February 2020

Chemical mnemonic devices have been designed to aid students in understanding chemical concepts in previous years. This has been done for concepts such as oxyanions, ozonolysis, tautomerization mechanisms in organic…

Community College Students Rise to the Challenge

Journal Article | July 2020

High-structure course designs have reduced achievement gaps for low-income and underrepresented minority students at research universities. But do community college students have time to do the preclass preparation…

Brainstorming

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about brainstorming. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students understand the norms of good teamwork during the brainstorming…

Improving the Quality of Engineering Design Challenges

Journal Article | January 2019

Launching Inquiry Into Motion

Journal Article | October 2021

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 20, 2020

Reports Article | August 2020