Vibrating Insects

Journal Article | February 2021

(W)holistic Science Pedagogy

Journal Article | August 2021

Why Is Variability Worth the Teaching Challenge? (Data Literacy 101)

Journal Article | January 2022

Promoting STEM Pathways

Journal Article | January 2022

Is It Rocket Science?

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the importance of both engineering and science for creating technology. The probe is designed to determine if students recognize that working in…

Global Warming

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.

Simulating a Non-Native Invasion

Journal Article | January 2019

Envisioning the Possibilities of Educational Gaming with Carl Sagan

Journal Article | February 2019

In the late summer of 1983, when video games were relatively new, astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator Carl Sagan recognized their potential value as he imagined “how to design a home video game which would…

An Interdisciplinary STEM Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Establishes a Community of Practice and Promotes Psychosocial Gains

Journal Article | March 2023

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) represent an economical and practical way for institutions to equitably offer research experiences to large numbers of students. Although the benefits of CUREs are…

Community-Informed STEM Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Educators During COVID

Journal Article | August 2022

Virtual Coaching PLCs In and Out of School

Journal Article | February 2021

Animatronic Lions, and Tigers, and Bears Oh! My!

Journal Article | March 2019

This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering. This issue shares information about computational thinking and 3D printing.

Engineering Essential Attributes of Cooperative Learning and Quality Discourse in a Large Enrollment Course by Leveraging Clicker Devices

Journal Article | April 2020

This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…

Perspectives on Teaching from Early-Career Scientists

Journal Article | March 2022

Many graduate students spend a part of their time teaching at the university level. While there is an abundance of advice from older, more established faculty, the perspective and teaching styles of graduate students…

Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities

Journal Article | March 2022

Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field…