Improving Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Engineering Teaching Efficacy Beliefs With 3D Design and Printing

Journal Article | December 2020

The Framework for K–12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) under-score the importance of including engineering design process (EDP) within the science curriculum. The Framework and the…

Under the Sea

Journal Article | June 2021

Changes in Elementary Teachers’ Conceptions About Matter

Journal Article | October 2020

While research has investigated elementary teachers’ understanding of science content, such research is often limited to topics typically not addressed in elementary school curricula. Yet, research has illustrated that…

Building Bridges

Journal Article | December 2020

We describe a hands-on, collaborative activity designed to illustrate general properties of evolution, provide practice for quantitative skills, promote creativity and collaboration, and enable student self-assessment…

Comparison of Student Success Between High-Clicker and Low-Clicker Frequency in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | October 2020

Active-learning approaches have recently been broadly promoted on many campuses, but research is limited on how varying levels of interaction impact student success. The aim of this study was to compare student success…

Bridging the Gap

Journal Article | August 2020

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…

Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College

Journal Article | July 2020

Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC and other technical and community colleges are significant in educating…

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…

Accessible Physics for All

Journal Article | August 2020

Students as Citizen Scientists: It’s Elementary

Journal Article | August 2020

Using Climate Models to Learn About Global Climate Change

Journal Article | September 2020

Exploring the Zooniverse

Journal Article | April 2021

Remote Labs 2.0 to the Rescue

Journal Article | June 2021

Collaboration Crushes Competition!

Journal Article | June 2021