Implementing Peer-Led Team Learning and Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning in an Organic Chemistry Course

Journal Article | January 2021

Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a small-group, collaborative problem-solving model that has significantly increased student performance in a variety of chemistry undergraduate courses and other STEM courses. Cyber Peer…

Teaching Climate Change Through Educational Resources From America’s National Parks

Journal Article | July 2023

Envisioning the Possibilities of Educational Gaming with Carl Sagan

Journal Article | February 2019

In the late summer of 1983, when video games were relatively new, astronomer, cosmologist, and science communicator Carl Sagan recognized their potential value as he imagined “how to design a home video game which would…

Beyond “See Figure 1”

Journal Article | January 2023

Visual elements such as graphs, tables, and diagrams are essential components of scientific writing. Although scientific writing textbooks and guides often contain information on how to design such visuals, little has…

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…

Promoting Biodiversity Through Urban Greenspaces

Journal Article | August 2021

Teaching Comprehension in the Digital Age

Journal Article | April 2021

Global Environmental Issues and the Circular Bioeconomy

Journal Article | May 2020

Comics in the Classroom

Journal Article | March 2020

Julie Olson, Mitchell, South Dakota

Journal Article | August 2019

An Interview with Julie Olson, Mitchell, South Dakota

Moving Continents

Journal Article | December 2020

Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course

Journal Article | October 2019

The authors describe how they introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors.

Science Identity and Its Implications for STEM Retention and Career Aspirations Through a Research-Based First-Year Biology Seminar

Journal Article | August 2022

There are more STEM jobs than there are qualified graduates to fill these positions, and recruiting students into STEM majors is insufficient. Of students who enter college intending to pursue STEM, nearly half do not…

Getting Messy with Data

Journal Article | March 2020

That’s How the Kangaroo Bounces

Journal Article | August 2022

A growing number of Introductory Physics for Life Sciences courses have been developed to prepare biology, premedicine, and pre-health majors for cross-disciplinary connections between physical principles and biological…