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Journal Article
This study presents a quasi-experiment to assess differences in student performance and satisfaction between two different delivery modes—online and...
By Hongyan Geng and Mark McGinley
Journal Article
STEM Teaching Reform: Incremental Pathways
For almost 1,000 years, lecture has been the predominant form of teaching. There has been increasing pressure to abandon lecturing and instead use mor...
By Yunteng He
Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher-education institutions to close campuses and pivot all face-to-face (F2F) instruction online. This transition to C...
By J. Phil Gibson and Kristen Shelton
Journal Article
Faculty Learning Communities Facilitated the Rapid Pivot to Online Teaching and Learning
Faculty learning communities (FLCs), established prepandemic to disseminate and discuss evidence-based teaching practices as part of an NSF-funded pro...
By Becky Talyn, Sara J. Callori, Karen Cerwin, Mike Chao, Kimberley R. Cousins, Carol Hood, Sally F. McGill, Anthony E. Metcalf, and Laura Woodney
Journal Article
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an alternative pedagogical approach to the apprenticeship model for high-impact research i...
By Christine Broussard, Margaret Gough Courtney, Sarah Dunn, K. Godde, and Vanessa Preisler
Journal Article
College instructors faced a rapid transition to remote instruction in spring 2020, and with it a host of new teaching challenges. This qualitative stu...
By Tessa Andrews and Kathryn Green
Journal Article
In this study, two sections of undergraduate Introductory Anatomy and Physiology taught in the traditional face-to-face format (n = 58) was compared t...
By Sanjeeda Jafar and Viji Sitther
Journal Article
A Novel Rubric Format for Providing Feedback on Process Skills to STEM Undergraduate Students
To improve student process-skill development, a novel type of rubric was developed that goes beyond a typical analytic rubric by providing detailed fe...
By Doug Czajka, Gil Reynders, Courtney Stanford, Renée Cole, Juliette Lantz, and Suzanne Ruder
Journal Article
Faculty Learning at the Individual and Group Level
Unaware of the diverse challenges faced by students, faculty can unintentionally create environments that discourage student persistence especially fo...
By Rachel A. Hirst, Karen L. Anderson, Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Louis J. Liotta, Bronwyn H. Bleakley, Pamela J. Lombardi, and Kristin C. Burkholder
Blog Post
Teaching About How Scientists Work—With a Focus on Claims-Evidence-Reasoning
By Matthew Bobrowsky
Blog Post
How Professional Organizations Can Support Noyce Scholars: The Case for NSTA
By Eric J. Pyle, Donna Governor, Cynthia D. Crockett, and Alicia Conerly
NSTA Press Book
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12: Explore-Before-Explain in Physical Science
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 9–12 is the one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine your approach to high school physical scienc...
By Patrick Brown
Journal Article
Undergraduate Student Conceptions of DNA and Their Understanding of Basic Science
An understanding of basic science is central to student success at the university level, even for students who will never work in scientific fields. O...
By Megan Nieberding, Sanlyn Buxner, Lisa Elfring, and Christopher Impey
Journal Article
The Undergraduate Teacher-Scholar Program
Peer learning programs have been developed to support many introductory science courses by providing additional instruction and engagement. These prog...
By Sara M. Bourne, Sean Limfat, Sneha Dilip, Seoyoung Han, MaryAnn T. Robak, Peter Marsden, and Anne M. Baranger