Peer-led team learning (PLTL) research has expanded from its roots in program evaluation
of student success measures in Workshop Chemistry to a spectrum of research questions …

As a pedagogical approach, process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) allows
students to socially construct knowledge through iterative cycles that include three steps …

In physical chemistry classrooms, mathematical and graphical representations are critical
tools for reasoning about chemical phenomena. However, there is abundant evidence that …

The cues undergraduate biology instructors provide to students before discussions of clicker
questions have previously been shown to influence student discussion. We further explored …

This article focuses on the use of Toulmin's argumentation scheme to investigate the
characteristics of student group argumentation in Peer‐Led Guided Inquiry sessions for a …

A growing body of evidence has shown that active learning has a considerable advantage
over traditional lecture for student learning in undergraduate STEM classes, but there have …

Recent science education reform efforts have emphasized scientific practices in addition to
scientific knowledge. Less work has been done at the tertiary level to consider students' …

Encouraging students to participate in collaborative discourse allows students to
constructively engage one another, share ideas, develop joint understanding of the course …

This quasi‐experimental, mixed methods study examined the transfer of a well‐established
pedagogical strategy, Peer‐Led Team Learning (PLTL), to an online workshop environment …

Increasingly, studies are investigating the factors that influence student discourse in science
courses, and specifically the mechanisms and discourse processes within small groups, to …