From STEM to STEAM

Journal Article | April 2020

A Case for Creative Coding

Journal Article | April 2021

A Team-Taught Interdisciplinary First-Year Seminar With a Focus on Blood

Journal Article | February 2020

First-Year Seminars (FYS) offer a unique mode of introducing college students to new topics, research practices, and approaches to learning that they may not have been exposed to in high school. In this article, we…

Three Steps to Making Assessment Simpler and More Relevant

Journal Article | September 2022

Exploring the Role of Student Seating Preference and Performance in a Large Introductory STEM Course

Journal Article | March 2023

Most introductory courses are held in large lecture halls, with students typically sitting in either the front, middle, or back of the classroom. In a mixed-methods study of student attendance, performance, and seat…

Using Popular Fiction to Inspire Scientific Inquiry

Journal Article | May 2023

Many teacher educator preparation programs do not provide opportunities for preservice teachers (PSTs) to experience and examine the use of popular fiction as a connection point to science teaching. This study explores…

Improving Retention and Graduation of Female Engineering and Polytechnic Students With First-Year Interventions

Journal Article | May 2023

Prior research in student retention emphasizes that building students’ connections with the institution and their peers is key. Students from underrepresented populations often lack these connections, making them more…

Who Does Science?

Journal Article | August 2020

Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Creating Confidence and Community Through Nature Journals

Journal Article | March 2022

Our Great National Parks

Journal Article | September 2022

The Tragedy of the Commons

Journal Article | March 2023

Science Friday

Journal Article | March 2023

How I Inadvertently Misled Some Students

Journal Article | July 2023

Clear key results and simple figures have clear advantages when teaching. However, these same properties can mislead some students. I provide examples from my presentation on the body mass index, Centers for Disease…

Why Culturally Relevant Science Teaching is Vital in Our Classrooms

Journal Article | October 2021