Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Journal Article | July 2020

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…

Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson

Journal Article | July 2020

This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction.…

Confusing Science Vocabulary: When Negative Is Positive!

Journal Article | February 2020

Support for At-Home Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

Focusing on Learning as a Marker of Success for Underrepresented Students

Journal Article | December 2020

The Science from Scientists Experience Goes Virtual

Journal Article | June 2020

Colorful Creations

Journal Article | September 2019

This column includes activities inspired by children’s literature.

Q: How Can I Foster Scientific Literacy in My Students?

Journal Article | July 2022

What is a Variable?

Journal Article | January 2022

Mapping the impact of the schoolyard on watershed health

Journal Article | September 2019

Hardware, software, and websites for use in the classroom

Oil in the Amazon

Case Study | September 2018

No Longer Living the Sweet Life

Case Study | October 2018

Where’s the Evidence?

Case Study | April 2020

The Shifty Salmon of Auke Creek

Case Study | February 2021

Tremors in the Nerves

Case Study | March 2021