Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | December 2020

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, November 30, 2021

Reports Article | November 2021

STEM Career Expos Expose Potential Paths

Reports Article | March 2020

An Engineering Design Process

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an engineering design process. The probe is designed to show how students think of engineering design as a logical sequence. 

Thriving STEM Learning Ecosystems—for All?

Journal Article | December 2021

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, October 13, 2020

Reports Article | October 2020

Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Spanning Two Semesters of Biology Impact Student Self-Efficacy but not Future Goals

Journal Article | February 2021

Course-based undergraduate research is promoted as an equitable strategy for providing the benefits of research experiences to a larger, more diverse population of students pursuing science degrees. Here, we report the…

Eight Student Teams Named National Winners of 28th Annual ExploraVision Competition

Press Release | May 2020

Laboratory Instructional Space Safety Checklist

Blog Post | October 2024

Teaching K–8 Teachers About Integrating Science and Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020

We examined the use of an engineering learning cycle (ELC) model and in a course for K–8 inservice teachers for two purposes. First, we were interested in how the ELC would support teachers’ science, mathematics, and…

From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 1, 2021

Reports Article | May 2021

Teaching in the Coronavirus Era

Reports Article | May 2020

Wood Dust in the Lab—A Major Safety Issue!

Blog Post | March 2021

Factors Associated With Students Graduating With STEM Degrees at a Military Academy: Improving Success by Identifying Early Obstacles

Journal Article | August 2020

The United States is not graduating enough science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors for the increasing number of available employment opportunities and national security needs. The purpose of…

Applying the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Framework During a Community College Chemistry Project-Based Learning Activity

Journal Article | October 2020

Project-based learning (PBL) instructional methods attempt to make connections between students and their ability to solve real problems. We framed our qualitative study within sociocultural theory and used the…