Incorporating Student-Centered Learning in an Ecosystems Course

Journal Article | October 2021

Student-centered learning broadly encompasses teaching approaches that shift the focus of instruction from teacher to student by placing an emphasis on what as well as how students want to learn. This approach allows…

Get the Scoop on Soil Microbes

Journal Article | November 2020

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 Climate Change Through Educational Resources From America’s National Parks

Journal Article | July 2023

Model, Assess, Repeat!

Journal Article | March 2020

An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy

Journal Article | August 2019

Cognitive scientists study how people learn. This type of knowledge can be applied in a diverse array of fields, ranging from advertising to journalism and academia. Lindsay Portnoy is a lecturer at Northeastern…

Grazing in Vernal Pools

Case Study | July 2016

Particulate Matters

Journal Article | July 2022

Data-Driven Science Vlogging for Connected Learning Anywhere

Journal Article | April 2022

SCOPE: A Volunteer-Led STEM Outreach Program Connecting Communities to Research

Journal Article | December 2021

Utilizing Picture Books to Teach Through Notable Females in Science

Journal Article | December 2020

A Focus on Function

Journal Article | September 2019

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching.

Integrating nonfiction chapter books into a science unit

Journal Article | October 2019

Bringing other subjects into the classroom

A Learning Tool for Chemistry and Health Professions Students: Mnemonics for Writing Net Ionic Equations

Journal Article | February 2020

Chemical mnemonic devices have been designed to aid students in understanding chemical concepts in previous years. This has been done for concepts such as oxyanions, ozonolysis, tautomerization mechanisms in organic…

Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Video-Based Active Learning in University-Level Biology Classes:

Journal Article | July 2020

We quantified student perceptions of an active learning exercise, based on open-educational video resources, in both a first-year seminar class (Natural Environment of Athens and Georgia, three sections), and a larger…