Thriving STEM Learning Ecosystems—for All?

Journal Article | December 2021

Active Learning Classrooms

Journal Article | August 2022

Active learning classrooms (ALCs) are designed to support collaborative learning in large class sections that are often taught with a lecture format. Studies on ALCs indicate that they have positive influences on…

Earthworm Distribution in the Schoolyard Ecosystem

Journal Article | June 2020

Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Journal Article | July 2020

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…

The Bohr Model of the Atom

Journal Article | January 2021

Concept-Based Probes: The Justified List

Journal Article | July 2021

Using an Instructional Team During Pandemic Remote Teaching Enhanced Student Outcomes in a Large STEM Course

Journal Article | January 2022

The unplanned shift to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic challenged many instructors teaching large-enrollment courses to design learning environments that actively engaged all students. We looked at how…

Starting at the Beginning

Journal Article | April 2021

This study examines what prior knowledge and misconceptions about evolutionary theory students bring with them into an introductory biological anthropology course. One hundred and fifty-three students completed short,…

Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge Announces 2023 Grand-Prize Winners

Press Release | May 2023

Cross-Disciplinary Learning

Journal Article | August 2022

We propose cross-disciplinary learning as a construct that can guide instruction and assessment in programs that feature sequential learning across multiple science disciplines. Cross-disciplinary learning combines…

The Importance of Gusto in Teaching Gems

Journal Article | September 2022

Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19

Journal Article | January 2023

Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (PD). To better develop PD opportunities, it is important to understand…

Practice Makes Better

Journal Article | January 2021

Practice effects are ubiquitous human phenomena that have been scientifically studied for over half a century. They are also among the most directly applicable psychological phenomenon, holding broad implications for…

Teaching and Learning About Global Climate Change Online

Journal Article | August 2022

Sessions of our laboratory-based physics course have been “meeting” synchronously online instead of on campus due to the pandemic. Shifting to remote instruction prompted us to create online versions of the course. In…

White Science Teachers, Here’s Why Anti-Racism Includes You!

Blog Post | October 2020