Facilitating Conceptual Change by Engaging Students’ Preconceptions During College Science Classroom Instruction

Journal Article | January 2021

Whether to engage student preconceptions to facilitate conceptual change is an area of debate among conceptual change theorists. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of a preconceptions-based instructional sequence about…

Argumentation to Inform an Engineering Design Decision

Journal Article | July 2022

Farmers vs. Rabbits

Journal Article | March 2023

Rightfully Present

Journal Article | March 2023

Where Does Your Sidewalk End?

Journal Article | October 2021

Finding Outstanding Science Trade Books

Journal Article | March 2023

Visualizing U.S. Energy Use and Production 50 Years Ago

Journal Article | April 2021

Whole-Class Discussion Strategies That Engage Students and Enhance Understanding

Journal Article | September 2020

The Mystery of the Blue Death

Case Study | January 2009

Science in Your Stacks

Journal Article | December 2020

Identi-Beads and Identi-Badges as Strategies to Encourage STEM Identity Work

Journal Article | July 2021

It’s All About the Moon

Journal Article | July 2022

Frogs Need Homes and Other Ecological Lessons

Journal Article | August 2020

Needs of Seeds

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about seeds. The probe is designed to find out what students think most seeds need to germinate.

Hair-Raising Fun!

Journal Article | September 2022