Model, Assess, Repeat!

Journal Article | March 2020

More than a Game

Journal Article | February 2019

Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable…

Action Research: Using a 5E Instructional Approach to Improve Undergraduate Physics Laboratory Instruction

Journal Article | April 2020

A physics laboratory instructor used action research to effectively implement a 5E instructional approach, which incorporated scientific practices. The instructor explored how to integrate the instructional approach…

From the Field: Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, July 19, 2022

Reports Article | July 2022

Freebies for Science Teachers, September 28, 2021

Reports Article | September 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…

Let’s Be Litter Free

Journal Article | September 2019

Investigating anthropogenic litter in local ecosystems

Community Ethnography

Journal Article | April 2020

Moving Continents

Journal Article | December 2020

Investigating Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Science

Journal Article | May 2022

To inform teacher education programs, it is imperative to uncover preservice teachers’ (PSTs) implicit and tacit beliefs about teaching and learning science. The study of teachers’ beliefs requires a range of…

Using Structured Decision-Making in the Classroom to Promote Information Literacy in the Context of Decision-Making

Journal Article | July 2022

An important facet of college students’ science literacy and job market preparation is developing skills for finding and applying information to decision-making about complex real-world problems. We developed a…

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…

Place-Based Education and Community Knowledge Connect Youth to Water Topics

Journal Article | August 2023

Why Are There Coral in the Cliffs?

Journal Article | January 2021

The Moon’s Inclined Orbital Plane

Journal Article | January 2021