Research and Teaching: Evaluating the Use of Inquiry-Based Activities: Do Students and Teacher Behaviors Really Change?

Journal Article | October 2006

Performing inquiry should enhance the intellectual development of students on numerous levels. We evaluate whether inquiry-based activities elicit inquiry behaviors by comparing these activities with traditional review…

Research and Teaching: Offering More Than “Here Is the Textbook”—Teaching Assistants’ Perspectives on Introductory Science Courses

Journal Article | December 2009

Eight Earth science graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) participated in a semester-long seminar designed to facilitate change in their practice. The seminar used lesson-study methodology to facilitate discussion of GTAs…

Research and Teaching: Effects of a Science Content Course on Elementary Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy of Teaching Science

Journal Article | December 2014

This article describes a teacher preparation program at a large Midwestern university that was modified to include a new science content course aimed at the need for successfully preparing elementary teachers to teach…

Research and Teaching: Implementing Comprehensive Reform of Introductory Physics at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution: A Longitudinal Case Study

Journal Article | December 2014

This study looks at the results of implementing education research-based curricular reform that took place over seven years.

Authentic Science Research Opportunities: How Do Undergraduate Students Begin Integration Into a Science Community of Practice?

Journal Article | February 2015

The goal of the study described was to understand the process and degree to which an undergraduate science research program for rising college freshmen achieved its stated objectives to integrate participants into a…

Research and Teaching: Broadening Access to Science With Support for the Whole Student in a Residential Liberal Arts College Environment

Journal Article | February 2015

This article describes two cohort programs that were used to support students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields at Carleton College. These programs were designed to support three aspects of student development…

Research and Teaching: Methods for Creating and Evaluating 3D Tactile Images to Teach STEM Courses to the Visually Impaired

Journal Article | June 2015

Project 3D IMAGINE or 3D Image Arrays to Graphically Implement New Education is a pilot study that researches the effectiveness of incorporating 3D tactile images, which are critical for learning science, technology,…

Research and Teaching: Student Success Indicators Associated With Clicker-Administered Quizzes in an Honors Introductory Biology Course

Journal Article | February 2014

The authors describe a study in which an honors biology instructor implemented clickers as a mechanism for students to complete in-class quizzes.

Research and Teaching: Analyzing Upper Level Undergraduate Knowledge of Evolutionary Processes: Can Class Discussions Help?

Journal Article | April 2014

The study described in this article aimed to quantify knowledge and misconceptions of evolutionary processes among upper level undergraduate students and analyze how knowledge and misconceptions changed throughout a…

How Does Undergraduate Research Experience Impact Career Trajectories and Level of Career Satisfaction: A Comparative Survey

Journal Article | August 2014

This article reports a comparison of results from a survey of participants in the University of Arizona Undergraduate Biology Research Program with those of a comparable group drawn from the college of medicine who did…

Improving Postsecondary STEM Education: Strategies for Successful Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Brokering Engagement With Education Research and Theory

Journal Article | August 2014

This article describes factors that influence the success of collaborations involving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and education faculty at research-focused universities who work toward…

Research and Teaching: Training the Foot Soldiers of Inquiry: Development and Evaluation of a Graduate Teaching Assistant Learning Community

Journal Article | August 2014

This article outlines the development of interdisciplinary graduate teaching assistant learning communities and findings from the various forms of evaluation.

Research and Teaching: Statistics Across the Curriculum Using an Iterative, Interactive Approach in an Inquiry-Based Lab Sequence

Journal Article | October 2014

The authors describe four instructional modules with the goals of increasing student confidence, appreciation, and performance in both experimental design and data analysis.

Research vs. Teaching: Can the Roles Be Combined? An Interview with Physiologist Barbara Horwitz of the University of California-Davis

Journal Article | August 1999

Recognized researcher and distinguished teacher Dr. Barbara Horwitz of the University of California-Davis shares her thoughts on her career as both a researcher and an educator, explaining her teaching practices and…

Research and Teaching: An Inquiry-Based Biology Laboratory Improves Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes About Science

Journal Article | June 2010

Inquiry-based instruction is gaining favor in college classrooms because it improves scientific skills as well as critical thinking. As we seek ways to improve science education, elementary school is increasingly…