Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…

Kids Teaching Kids

Journal Article | March 2020

How Can We Plan a Rocket Launch for Recovery System Deployment?

Lesson Plan | May 2022

Testing for Success

Lesson Plan | August 2020

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ initial ideas and attitudes about the procedure that should be followed when testing models to determine if a design solves the problem. The probe is designed…

Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities

Journal Article | March 2022

Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field…

Making C-E-R 'Attractive' for Elementary Teacher Candidates

Journal Article | July 2022

Layers of Phenomena

Journal Article | July 2022

My Robot Can Fly!

Journal Article | April 2021

Windows on the Inquiry Classroom

Journal Article | June 2021

A complete video and documentary record of an inquiry-based nonscience majors’ course has been captured (the “Fire and Ice” Collection). Every moment of 27 class sessions may be observed from several points of view (…

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About

Journal Article | August 2021

Using Summary Tables to Support Students’ Explanations of Science Phenomena

Journal Article | November 2022

A Framework for Effective Dissemination of Innovative STEM Curricula

Journal Article | July 2020

Why Culturally Relevant Science Teaching is Vital in Our Classrooms

Journal Article | October 2021

Learning for All

Journal Article | January 2021

Growing STEM Learning Opportunities With Agriculture

Journal Article | October 2020