2020 NSTA Board and Council Elected

Reports Article | March 2020

Transforming Local Spaces With Relevant Perspectives

Journal Article | February 2021

Using Cogenerative Dialogues to Improve High School Students’ Internships With Scientists

Journal Article | June 2021

We Are Living It

Journal Article | January 2023

Justice-Centered STEM Education With Multilingual Learners

Journal Article | April 2023

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…

Connecting a Community Through Computational Thinking and Robotics

Journal Article | February 2023

Exploring Peer Learning Assistants’ Impact on Student Performance and Perceptions in an Undergraduate Biology Course

Journal Article | July 2023

To transition introductory college science courses from large, passive lectures to more student-centered learning environments, additional instructional support is needed. Peer learning assistants (PLAs) can support…

Why Does the Moon Look Like That Again?

Journal Article | September 2020

Ice-Cold Lemonade

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

Collaboration Crushes Competition!

Journal Article | June 2021

Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth

Journal Article | June 2021

What Is Sensemaking?

Professional Learning Unit | October 2021

After exploring what sensemaking truly means, educators will be introduced to the four attributes of sensemaking (phenomena, science and engineering practices, student ideas and grade-appropriate disciplinary core ideas…

Online Engagement in an Undergraduate Cell Biology Course

Journal Article | March 2022

Online engagement, or the use of online supplementary instruction and assessment, in high-structure courses is gaining popularity as a useful tool to facilitate instruction, assignments, and examinations. High-structure…

Using Computational Thinking and Modeling to Build Water and Watershed Literacy

Journal Article | March 2021