Student-Centered Learning in an Earth Science, Preservice, Teacher-Education Course

Journal Article | June 2009

In an effort to get elementary teachers to teach more science in the classroom, a required preservice science education course was designed to promote the use of hands-on teaching techniques. This paper describes course…

Messy Data, Real Science

Journal Article | May 2020

[A] major goal for science education should be to provide all students with the background to systematically investigate issues related to their personal and community priorities. They should be able to frame…

Authors and Engineers

Journal Article | January 2019

Cookie Jar Alarms

Journal Article | September 2019

This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering.

Cords, Coffee Tables, and Cadavers

Case Study | January 2023

Data Literacy 101

Journal Article | March 2019

Growing Stronger Together: An Improvement Science Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal Article | December 2021

What Makes Them Tick? Middle School Data Science Explorations of Ticks and Lyme Disease

Journal Article | September 2020

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…