Making Science Personal

Journal Article | January 2021

General education college astronomy courses offer instructors both a unique audience and a unique challenge. For many students, such a course may be their first time encountering a stand-alone astronomy class, and it is…

Teacher Spotlight: Wendy Frazier

Journal Article | March 2020

Editor's Note: Teaching Forces and Motion

Journal Article | February 2019

Innovations in Undergraduate Teaching and Learning of Earth and Environmental Science, with a Focus on Climate Change

Journal Article | March 2022

In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention…

Climate Change Education: A Model of Justice-Oriented STEM Education

Journal Article | February 2021

Teaching in Tandem

Journal Article | March 2023

In the information age, the acquisition of data literacy skills has become increasingly important for undergraduate student success, yet these skills are not emphasized in the lecture setting. Here we present a study to…

Computing in Bioinformatics and Engaged Student Learning

Journal Article | November 2022

The field of biology education—and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines more broadly—has witnessed two major shifts in the past decade: (i) the increased awareness of research-based…

Guest Editorial: A Critical Review of the National Academies’ 2021 Call to Action

Journal Article | August 2021

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Using Team-Based Learning in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | February 2020

With an overwhelming amount of research and a demand for collaborative learning in the classroom, teachers are tackling challenges at all educational levels that often accompany the social aspects of group work. Team-…

Capitalizing on Student Misconceptions

Journal Article | January 2021

Cool It!

Journal Article | April 2023

Diagnostics Through Sound

Journal Article | May 2022

Enhancing the STEM Framework

Journal Article | July 2021

Classroom Observations to Characterize Active Learning Within Introductory Undergraduate Science Courses

Journal Article | April 2020

In this article, the authors describe how classroom observations were used to characterize differences in instructional practices among undergraduate science courses. Student and faculty behaviors and dialogues were…

Unpacking the STEM Disciplines

Journal Article | January 2019