WHAT’S IN A GENE: UNDERGRADUATES’ IDEAS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT GENE FUNCTION
The purpose of this study was to field test a two-tiered instrument including multiple-choice and short answer tasks to assess college students’ ideas and level of understanding in genetics. The instrument was constructed from previously tested assessment tasks...
Searching for Answers When Girls Don’t Perform Well: Evaluating Classroom Discourse and Microculture in a Sixth Grade Science Classroom
This action research project examines the role classroom culture and discourse can play on student learning, with a focus on female students. A sixth grade science classroom was evaluated through analysis of two videotaped astronomy lessons. The classroom environment...
Success After Failure: An Examination of Credit Recovery Options and their Effect on College- and Career-Readiness
More than ever before, educators and researchers are keeping a keen eye on student college- and career-readiness. The widely adopted Common Core State Standards were written with the explicit goal of helping students to be college- or career-ready by the time they...
MEASURING POST-SECONDARY STEM MAJORS’ ENGAGEMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY: THE CREATION, ASSESSMENT, AND VALIDATION OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR SUSTAINABILITY CURRICULA EVALUATION
Ongoing changes in values, pedagogy, and curriculum concerning sustainability education necessitate that strong curricular elements are identified in sustainability education. However, quantitative research in sustainability education is largely undeveloped or relies...
