The Aurora Borealis

Journal Article | November 2020

Fostering Reflective Teaching

Journal Article | March 2022

The Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT) is a web-based classroom observation protocol developed for higher education STEM courses and based on research on evidence-based practices. The low-inference and…

Using Connected Learning Principles to Foster Authentic STEM Research Experiences Remotely

Journal Article | April 2023

Intentionally Addressing Equity in the Classroom

Journal Article | November 2022

Equity, as we define it, means striving to serve the needs of others and enhancing belonging by focusing on “whole humans” in emotional, sociocultural, and personal contexts. Integrating equitable practices in STEM…

Bringing the Ethical Debate to Life

Journal Article | November 2022

Understanding and Addressing Ambiguity in the STEM Classroom

Journal Article | October 2020

The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields are some of the most jargon-heavy areas in higher education. As such, teaching and learning in these areas includes challenges with lexically ambiguous…

Facilitating Emancipatory and Justice-Centered Environmental and Climate Learning

Journal Article | September 2021

Good Writing is All About Momentum

Journal Article | March 2022

Building Better Questions

Journal Article | January 2023

Incorporating Programming, Modeling, and Data Analysis Into an Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | January 2021

This paper describes an introductory biology course for undergraduates that heavily incorporates quantitative problem solving in activities and homework assignments. The course is broken up into a series of units, each…

Where Does Your Sidewalk End?

Journal Article | October 2021

Influence of Environmental Factors on the Success of At-Risk Hispanic Students in First-Semester General Chemistry

Journal Article | March 2022

This article looks at the effects of environmental factors such as classification, residence location, and employment status of Hispanic students who unsuccessfully completed first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) at…

The Role of Question-Asking in Mentoring Undergraduate Research

Journal Article | January 2023

Undergraduate research is a high-impact educational practice for which effective mentoring has been identified as a key factor in determining its success. Some researchers have argued that effective mentors help…

The GLOBE Student Research Symposia: Engaging Youth Around the Country in an Environmental Research Community

Journal Article | October 2023

Illuminating the Universe

Journal Article | August 2020