Comparing Cubes

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about properties of matter. The probe is designed to find out which properties students think will change if the size of an object made from the same…

An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I: Impact on Course Performance and Study Behavior

Journal Article | October 2019

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university.

Transitioning an In-Person Elementary STEM After-School Program to Distance Learning During COVID-19

Journal Article | March 2022

Adaptation of Project-Based Learning Concepts to the Organic Chemistry I Laboratory Curriculum in a Small College Environment

Journal Article | March 2023

Project-based learning (PBL) research is shown to improve students’ higher-order thinking skills. In this article, we describe an adaptation of the PBL model that is suitable for colleges with limited science,…

Assessment of Demographic Biases Associated With the Ground Rules System in a Large Undergraduate Engineering Course

Journal Article | January 2023

Despite more women and underrepresented students entering engineering, there are still gaps in achievement. A potential remedy is to establish equitable team dynamics during groupwork. Groupware systems have been…

Supporting a Museum-Based Network of Science Teacher Leaders

Journal Article | June 2022

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

Learn to recognize the four critical attributes of sensemaking and how these attributes work together to help ensure all students have access and a strong desire to learn science. 

Floating High and Low

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density and buoyancy. The probe is designed to find out how students think an object can be changed to make it float differently.

A Diet to Die For

Case Study | May 2012

Collaborative Assessments

Journal Article | August 2020

Peer Review and Response

Journal Article | October 2020

Students in an upper-division Environmental Chemistry course used peer review and response to reviewer comments to improve their writing skills. The process employed an anonymous and timed in-class Peer Review Format.…

Making It Bounce

Journal Article | December 2020

Transgender Perspectives in the Biology Classroom

Journal Article | April 2020

The Boxcar Challenge Unit

Journal Article | February 2020

Connecting Learning Through Citizen Science in the Classroom, Community, and Online

Journal Article | June 2020