Discovering Diversity

Journal Article | March 2020

Let’s Clear the Air

Journal Article | January 2021

Shape, Bake, and Grow!

Journal Article | August 2020

Teacher Spotlight: Dr. Eric Michael Bratsolias Brown

Journal Article | July 2022

Preschoolers’ Science Learning Can Be Joyful—Using a Play-Based, Project Approach

Journal Article | September 2022

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…

Using Human-Centered Design to Enhance the Guest Experience at the Dallas Arboretum

Journal Article | May 2022

Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Introductory Psychology Using the Jigsaw Method Adapted for Remote Learning

Journal Article | January 2022

People’s ability to evaluate scientific research is important to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. STEM educators can use the pandemic to frame instruction of scientific literacy and critical-thinking skills. In a…

Innovation and Design

Journal Article | January 2021

Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Support for Teaching Critical Thinking in STEM

Journal Article | May 2023

This qualitative research study aimed to discover what obstacles and supports community college teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) face when teaching critical-thinking skills in their…

Community Ethnography

Journal Article | April 2020

The Benefits of Integrating Engineering Into Science

Journal Article | April 2023

Apple in a Plane

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about force related to the interaction between inanimate objects. The probe is designed to determine which forces students think act on an object at rest…

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…

Conversion of Traditional Face-to-Face MLS Hematology Courses Into Remote Delivery

Journal Article | May 2023

The design of a hybrid Hematology I course (prepandemic) was adopted for Hematology II and facilitated our conversion of Hematology II into a fully remote course by fall 2020, after the university went into remote…