The Science Symposium

Journal Article | September 2022

How Are They Connected?

Journal Article | May 2022

The REACH Program Brings Science Practices to Students: A Teacher’s Perspective

Journal Article | November 2021

What, Graphing Can Be Fun and Engaging This Year?!

Journal Article | July 2023

Recent Developments in Classroom Observation Protocols for Undergraduate STEM

Journal Article | August 2022

Over the past decade, researchers have developed several teaching observation protocols for use in higher education, such as the Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP), Classroom Observation Protocol for…

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…

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…

Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers

Journal Article | July 2020

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) is an important research gap to study. Bandura defines self-efficacy as…

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | December 2020

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

Flight of the Bumblebee

Journal Article | August 2020

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Journal Article | October 2019

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…