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A university geology department partnered with a STEM-focused high school to introduce project-based learning-centered geoscience content at the ninth-grade level. We... -
Training graduate teaching assistants in the geosciences: Our practices vs. p...
In response to calls for reformed teaching practices in college STEM labs and courses, and to support graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in their general teaching... -
Motivators and inhibitors to change: Why and how geoscience faculty modify th...
The call to improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education can be answered by undergraduate faculty modifying their course content and... -
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Incorporating active learning strategies into introductory STEM courses has been shown to improve student outcomes, however, these activities take class time to execute. The... -
Effect of fading scaffolds on the mastery of scientific abilities in inquiry-...
Inquiry-based instruction facilitates students’ acquisition of scientific abilities, but little is known about how rapidly college students master these skills, particularly... -
Affective factors during field research that influence intention to persist i...
Although field and research experiences have been shown to help retain students in the geosciences, there is less known about how and why this is the case. We created a... -
Examining middle school students’ knowledge and beliefs about earthquake and ...
This study examined middle school students’ knowledge and beliefs about earthquake and tsunami through a multidimensional perspective of conceptual change theory. Four related... -
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The Mineralogy Concept Inventory (MCI) is a statistically validated 18-question assessment that can be used to measure learning gains in introductory mineralogy courses.... -
Applying the Geoscience Education Research Strength of Evidence Pyramid: Deve...
Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are responsible for direct instruction of geoscience undergraduate students at an array of universities and have a major effect on the...
