Instructional physics labs offer students unique opportunities to develop an understanding of
experimentation. By transforming labs to be more open ended and experimentation focused …

The instructional practices used in introductory college courses often differ dramatically from
those used in high school courses, and dissatisfaction with these practices is cited by …

This chapter reviews current interdisciplinary scholarship to highlight some possibilities of
using humor to enhance teaching and learning. Integrating into the university classroom …

Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) are key partners in the education of undergraduates.
Given the potentially large impact GTAs can have on undergraduate student learning, it is …

The expectations, attitudes, engagement, and motivation of students are key elements when
designing learning activities. Several studies have been implemented and different …

Interactive engagement-based (IE) physics classes have the potential to invigorate and
motivate students, but students may resist or oppose the pedagogy. Understanding the …

Every class has a first day, yet many professors only read the syllabus to students rather
than more intentionally leveraging the day to set up understandings that enhance learning …

We investigated student perceptions of cold calling on their feelings of anxiousness and how
graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) alleviated these feelings when students shared their …

In this paper, I describe some strategies for teaching an introductory philosophy of science
course to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students, with …

While many instructors talk about student “buy-in”(how much the students agree with the
rationale for active learning), buy-in is only one component of what it means for a student to …