Biosand Filters for Water Purification

Journal Article | February 2021

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

Journal Article | July 2020

While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introductory STEM courses. In this project, we used the strategy of…

Visualize Your Pulse With Physical Computing

Journal Article | November 2022

Inquiry-Based Lab Finals

Journal Article | May 2023

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…

Ectotherm ER: Frogs Under the Weather

Journal Article | February 2021

Got Covid-19 Cabin Fever?

Journal Article | January 2022

The Upcoming Solar Eclipses

Journal Article | October 2023

Use of a Linked-Course Model to Teach Scientific Writing to First-Year Undergraduates

Journal Article | February 2021

The ability to read and compose original scientific literature is critical to educating informed citizens, yet may be severely lacking in undergraduate curricula. We developed a linked course offering in fall 2017…

Research Project-Based Learning in Meteorology Using an Online Severe Weather Events Archive

Journal Article | July 2023

This article presents a semester-long, interdisciplinary project-based learning (PBL) suitable for secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in a second-semester (i.e., intermediate) meteorology course. This case-…

Formative Assessment for Equitable Learning

Journal Article | October 2021

A Problem-Solving Experiment

Journal Article | January 2022

Intentional, Creative, Powerful

Journal Article | January 2022

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…

Interdisciplinary Lessons on Energy and Entropy

Journal Article | May 2022

This article presents ideas and narratives of an experiment on the concept of energy developed for an honors seminar on energy and a mechanics course. We argue that energy is an idea best taught in an interdisciplinary…