Science Portfolios

Journal Article | April 2021

How Do Engineers Solve Problems?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how engineers use an engineering design process to solve problems. The probe includes some common misconceptions about engineering design, and is…

Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Journal Article | July 2020

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…

Promoting Scientific Literacy in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | May 2023

Utilizing Picture Books to Teach Through Notable Females in Science

Journal Article | December 2020

Codesigning With Indigenous Families and Educators

Journal Article | July 2020

Investigating Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Science

Journal Article | May 2022

To inform teacher education programs, it is imperative to uncover preservice teachers’ (PSTs) implicit and tacit beliefs about teaching and learning science. The study of teachers’ beliefs requires a range of…

Putting the Energy Into Concept Development

Journal Article | July 2022

Sliding and Colliding Into Physics

Journal Article | May 2022

Who Does Science?

Journal Article | August 2020

Getting a Sense of Local Air Quality

Journal Article | September 2022

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About

Journal Article | August 2021

Modeling Magnetism With the Floating Paper Clip

Journal Article | June 2021

Landslides

Journal Article | February 2021

Connecting Projects to Standards

Journal Article | August 2020