Bridging the Gap Between Scientists and the Public

Journal Article | June 2021

Inclusive Strategies for the Science Classroom

Journal Article | May 2022

The Power of Practice

Journal Article | December 2020

Critical thinking skills are sought after in the workforce and are often included in course, departmental, and programmatic learning objectives.  However, in the curriculum of many courses we tend to focus on…

A Model for a Data Analysis– and Literature-Intensive Undergraduate Course

Journal Article | May 2022

This article describes the use of literature to broaden students’ skills in content comprehension, data analysis, modeling, and productive scientific discussion. The design builds on existing models to maximize student…

The Perfect Match

Journal Article | February 2020

Arguing About a Chemical Change

Journal Article | February 2020

Use a sample ACT writing prompt in an explore-before-explain instructional sequence to a 9th-grade physical science class to promote student learning and demonstrate that mass is conserved in a chemical reaction

Are We Recognizing the Sheer Power of Mother Nature?

Journal Article | May 2020

Sliding and Colliding Into Physics

Journal Article | May 2022

Going Viral!

Journal Article | January 2023

Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills

Journal Article | May 2023

Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…

Translanguaging Using Technology

Journal Article | February 2021

Implementing Peer-Led Team Learning and Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning in an Organic Chemistry Course

Journal Article | January 2021

Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a small-group, collaborative problem-solving model that has significantly increased student performance in a variety of chemistry undergraduate courses and other STEM courses. Cyber Peer…

Teaching Societal Issues in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | July 2022

Multimodal Text Sets to Use Literature and Engage All Learners in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | December 2020

What The 2020–21 School Year Taught Us About Science Teaching and Learning

Journal Article | April 2021