Research and Teaching: Persisting Misconceptions

Journal Article | January 2002

A content-based test instrument administered to a large class of general biology students as pre- and post-tests revealed that knowledge was gained after the semester. A misconception index calculated from these data…

Let's Try Action Research!

Journal Article | January 2003

A first-grade teacher discusses what she gained from her participation in a Science and Children action research project questioning students on their knowledge of animals. The teacher then describes how misconceptions…

Research and Teaching: Attendance and Performance

Journal Article | February 2003

Class attendance by most students in nonmajors science classes is influenced by whether they receive points for attending class. If students do not get points for attending class, there is a strong positive correlation…

The Prepared Practitioner: Intro to Research

Journal Article | December 2007

As a K-12 teacher, should you pay attention to the research done by “those university people up in their ivory towers?” To understand some of what academic research offers you, an analogy might be helpful. As a driver,…

Favorite Demonstration: The Rules of Research

Journal Article | November 2002

Demonstrations are wonderful educational strategies for reinforcing and stimulating learning. They are highly instructional as well as entertaining if suitably incorporated into lectures and laboratory sessions.…

Research and Teaching: The Visionlearning Project

Journal Article | August 2003

Although the proliferation of teaching resources on the Internet is extensive, little is known about these materials’ use or utility. The Visionlearning project is a multiyear effort to design and evaluate web-based…

Personalizing the Goals of Undergraduate Research

Journal Article | September 2001

Research experiences are becoming increasingly available for undergraduate science students. Although many undergraduate research programs are designed with assessment-friendly outcomes as stated goals, a more…

Research and Teaching: PowerPoint Use in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: Perceptions and Impacts on Student Learning

Journal Article | December 2018

This article focuses on the use of, and perceptions about, PowerPoint in undergraduate introductory biology classes to understand how PowerPoint composition can best promote student learning.