Using Key Features to Analyze and Modify Curriculum for the NGSS

Journal Article | January 2022

Combustion and a Jumping Flame

Journal Article | May 2020

Identifying Differences in Learning Strategies by Demographics and Course Grade in a Community College Context

Journal Article | August 2020

Metacognition and self-regulated learning are skills that contribute to student success, but few studies have examined these topics within a community college context. We addressed this lack of understanding by asking…

Is This Watershed Contaminated With PCBs?

Journal Article | May 2020

The Efficacy of Flipped Laboratory Multiperspective Videos in Skill Acquisition

Journal Article | October 2019

This article describes a a multiperspective video approach.

Global Environmental Issues and the Circular Bioeconomy

Journal Article | May 2020

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…

Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills

Journal Article | May 2023

Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…

Promoting Sensemaking Through an Impactful Instructional Sequence

Journal Article | July 2023

Let’s Clear the Air

Journal Article | January 2021

The Effect of Online Instruction in an Introductory Anatomy and Physiology Course and Implications for Online Laboratory Instruction in Health Field Prerequisites

Journal Article | April 2021

Education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is increasingly online, even the laboratory components of STEM courses. As online laboratory education trends upward in terms of enrollment and variety of…

The Energy Zipline

Journal Article | April 2021

STEM Faculty Institute

Journal Article | January 2022

As change agents at our university, we sought to facilitate a transition within our STEM college toward more extensive use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs) that promote student-centered learning. We…

Science in Socio-Scientific Issues

Journal Article | April 2020

More than a Game

Journal Article | February 2019

Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable…