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Journal Article
Designing Performance-Based Assessments that Engage!
Rather than feel stressful for students, an assessment should feel like a celebration of learning. Performance-based assessments allow students to dem...
By Katie Coppens
Journal Article
Equitable instructor assessment changes amid COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak mandated a rapid transition to online classes with little warning. Previous literature studying the effect of this...
By Todd Lamb, Emily Driessen, Abby Beatty, Rachel Youngblood, Abby Esco, Sehoya Cotner, Catherine Creech, Abby Drake, Sheritta Fagbodun, Kristen Hobbs, Kelly Lane, Erin Larson, Sophie McCoy, Seth Thompson, Cissy Ballen
Journal Article
Student Self-Assessment of Exam Preparation in 100 and 200-Level Chemistry Courses
Student self-assessment surveys were utilized to look at student study habits in several areas. Both self-reported study time and study methods were ...
By Andrew Karatjas
Journal Article
Student advice for success in high structure science and engineering courses
High structure courses ask students to be active participants in the learning process with pre-class content acquisition and assessment, in-class acti...
By Arik Ringsby, Justin Shaffer
Journal Article
Pedagogical approaches for supporting students’ argumentative writing in science laboratories have not been fully established. This paper examines t...
By Ruomei Gao, Judith Weinstein-Lloyd, Jody Cardinal
Journal Article
Tab-meta key: a model for exam review
Traditional exam reviews are passive and face many challenges to prepare students for exams. In this study, we proposed the “Tab-meta keyâ€...
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Embedding Study Skills in STEM Courses to Increase Retention and Success: A Quantitative Study
This study was conducted to determine if embedding effective study skills within a course would result in an increased use of these skills and, theref...
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Journal Article
Performance Assessment as Part of Efficient, Effective, and Equitable Instructional Practice
Since the release of the NGSS, science classrooms across the United States have shifted science learning away from a focus on decontextualized facts a...
By Lauren Stoll and Jill Wertheim
Journal Article
Quantitative reasoning, although included in most science courses, can be challenging to teach. In this article, we explore whether cooperative learni...
By Man-Yin Tsang, Lisa Tutty, and Carl-Georg Bank
Journal Article
Assessing Student Success in a Peer Assisted Learning Program Using Propensity Score Matching
The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program at Sacramento State was established in 2012 with one section supporting introductory chemistry. The program n...
By Corey Shanbrom, Michelle Norris, Caitlin Esgana, Matthew Krauel, Vincent Pigno, and Jennifer Lundmark
Journal Article
Existing processes for academic peer review can yield unnecessarily harsh critiques that focus on any vulnerability rather than constructive feedback ...
By Lekelia D. Jenkins
Journal Article
40 Years of Inspiring Students to Explore STEM: What Has Science Olympiad Learned?
By John F. Loehr and Jenny Kopach
Journal Article
Heat Maps as a Fun and Instructive Way to Gauge Student Perceptions on Skill Development
By Claudia McLaughlin Ludwig
Reports Article
Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, June 27, 2023
By Debra Shapiro
Journal Article
Linking Formative Assessment Probes to the Explore-Before-Explain Instructional Sequence
By Page Keeley