Is It “Fitter”?

Lesson Plan | December 2022

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.”

The 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipse Double-Header

Journal Article | July 2023

Biosand Filters for Water Purification

Journal Article | February 2021

Adaptation

Lesson Plan | June 2021

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

The Power of Shared Experiences

Journal Article | March 2022

Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

Journal Article | December 2020

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…

Wonder-Full Thinking

Journal Article | March 2022

Courageous Cheetah Car

Journal Article | November 2022

Let’s Explore

Journal Article | March 2022

The Stable and Persistent Alternative Conceptions Present in Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Understanding of Average Speed

Journal Article | March 2022

This study investigated the stability and persistence of prospective elementary teachers’ conceptual understanding of average speed. A questionnaire containing two questions about average speed was administered to the…

What is in Our Air?

Journal Article | March 2023

Introducing Engineering as an Altruistic STEM Career

Journal Article | February 2021

Teaching with Music

Journal Article | March 2022

Creating a Preschool Computational-Thinking Learning Blueprint to Guide the Development of Learning Resources for Young Children

Journal Article | June 2020

Using Narratives to Evoke Empathy and Support Girls’ Engagement in Engineering

Journal Article | July 2020