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…

Solar System Exploration

Journal Article | May 2022

Diagnostics Through Sound

Journal Article | May 2022

Culturally Relevant and Culturally Responsive

Journal Article | February 2021

Enhancing the STEM Framework

Journal Article | July 2021

Making Science Come Alive With Clouds

Journal Article | October 2019

Hardware, software, and websites for use in the classroom

Gauging Rainfall With CoCoRaHS

Journal Article | March 2020

The Facts Do Not Speak for Themselves

Journal Article | May 2020

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…

An Adapted Journal Club Approach

Journal Article | May 2022

Students must be able to evaluate primary literature, yet few options exist within the undergraduate curriculum to develop the necessary skills. In this article, we offer an adapted journal club that provides students…

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

Journal Article | February 2021

Undergraduate Student Conceptions of DNA and Their Understanding of Basic Science

Journal Article | April 2021

An understanding of basic science is central to student success at the university level, even for students who will never work in scientific fields. Our investigation into students’ understanding of DNA is part of a…

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…

Making Sound

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound is produced by vibrating matter.

An Investigation Into the Impact of the Flipped Classroom With Active Learning on the Perception and Performance of Biology Nonmajor Students at the Undergraduate Level

Journal Article | October 2020

We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…