Citizen Science Framing and Delivery Models: Impacts on Young People’s Environmental Science Learning

Journal Article | September 2022

Thriving STEM Learning Ecosystems—for All?

Journal Article | December 2021

Does Active Learning Improve Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Research Methods?

Journal Article | February 2011

We incorporated an active, collaborative-based research project in our undergraduate Research Methods course for first-year sports medicine majors. Working in small groups, students identified a research question,…

Research and Teaching: Are We Keeping the Promise? Investigation of Students' Critical Thinking Growth

Journal Article | April 2013

This study was conducted in a chemistry course for nonscience majors offered as part of a liberal education core curriculum at a large public university. Students enrolled in the class were given the Lawson Classroom…

Research and Teaching: Who Does Extra-Credit Work in Introductory Science Courses?

Journal Article | June 2005

On the first day of classes, 81% of students in an introductory biology course claimed that they would submit extra-credit work if given the opportunity. When given two chances for extra-credit work, fewer than one-…

Research and Teaching: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Student Interest or Lack of Interest in Science

Journal Article | February 2010

This study examined the nature of college students’ interest or lack of interest in science and the factors to which they attributed their interest or lack of interest. Twenty-four college students were interviewed to…

Independent Research Projects in General Chemistry Classes as an Introduction to Peer-Reviewed Literature

Journal Article | February 2008

A well-structured independent literature research project with a poster session was used to introduce students to peer-reviewed literature in a general chemistry course. Overall, students reported an enhanced…

Research and Teaching: Designing a Blended Course: Using ADDIE to Guide Instructional Design

Journal Article | June 2011

The ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model was applied to help redesign a General Chemistry course to improve student success in the course. The resultant course is a blend of online…

How Middle School Students Come Face to Face With Down Syndrome Research

Journal Article | December 2009

This article discusses how real research on Down syndrome, being done in a lab at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), was incorporated into a laboratory activity for middle school students. The…