Building Consensus for Integrated STEM and Social-Emotional Development: From Convening to Implementation

Journal Article | May 2023

Modeling the Coronavirus Outbreak for Cross-Discipline Teaching

Journal Article | October 2020

The Coronavirus outbreak allows for a number of possible applications to classroom teaching (biology, computer science, Earth science, physics, statistics), as well as student research. A number of simple models…

Supporting Students In Writing Scientific Explanations

Journal Article | March 2020

Science Sampler: Bushwhacking for Bones

Journal Article | January 2004

An Earthwatch Institute Moose and Wolves Expedition to Isle Royale in Lake Superior was an excellent professional development opportunity in which the author built camaraderie with fellow teachers and created a predator…

Studying Collisions

Journal Article | March 2022

Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders

Journal Article | March 2021

Early Exposure to Primary Literature and Interactions With Scientists Influences Novice Students’ Views on the Nature of Science

Journal Article | June 2021

Postsecondary science faculty often hope to help students to better understand science through engagement with primary research literature. Undergraduates in courses focused on reading and discussion of research…

A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students

Journal Article | June 2021

To improve student process-skill development, a novel type of rubric was developed that goes beyond a typical analytic rubric by providing detailed feedback to students. Process skills are transferable skills such as…

Climate Justice: Science for a Better World

Journal Article | August 2021

Culturally Relevant Partnerships in the Engineering Design Process

Journal Article | October 2021

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…

Applying the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) Framework During a Community College Chemistry Project-Based Learning Activity

Journal Article | October 2020

Project-based learning (PBL) instructional methods attempt to make connections between students and their ability to solve real problems. We framed our qualitative study within sociocultural theory and used the…

Space Science Explorations as Equity

Journal Article | November 2022

Phases of the Moon

Journal Article | October 2019

Using discrepant events to confront misconceptions