Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning

Journal Article | January 2023

This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative project that prepares them to design meaningful learning experiences…

Rainfall, River Height, and Local Relevance

Journal Article | May 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…

Ecosystem in a Jar

Journal Article | January 2021

Sparking a Movement

Journal Article | January 2021

Going Viral

Journal Article | June 2021

Modeling Magnetism With the Floating Paper Clip

Journal Article | June 2021

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…

Touch, Talk, Text

Journal Article | October 2021

How the Data Got Their Dots

Journal Article | January 2022

Conservation Meets Design Thinking

Journal Article | January 2022

Chicken-Centered Design

Journal Article | January 2022

E–6 Preservice Teachers and Elementary Science Teaching

Journal Article | January 2022

The study assessed the science teaching confidence of preservice teachers in teaching elementary science by addressing two research questions: (1) Did preservice teachers understand the science concepts well enough to…

Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 19, 2022

Reports Article | April 2022

Freebies for Science Teachers, February 16, 2021

Reports Article | February 2021