While emphasis is often placed on assessing students' conceptual knowledge, less has
been placed on investigating affective aspects of student biology learning. In this paper, we …

Science education models for secondary and college students as well as K‐12 teachers
have been dominated by classroom‐based approaches. Recently, research apprenticeships …

Calls for reform in university education have prompted a movement from teacher-to student-
centered course design, and included developments such as peer-teaching, problem and …

Within the framework of social cognitive theory, we examined the motivation of students (14–
16 years old) to learn science in their introductory science courses. The students responded …

Science educators often characterize the degree to which tests measure different facets of
college students' learning, such as knowing, applying, and problem solving. A casual survey …

In this article we describe the development of the Chemistry Attitudes and Experiences
Questionnaire (CAEQ) that measures first‐year university chemistry students' attitude toward …

This study investigated the effect of active-learning strategies on college students'
achievement, motivation, and self-efficacy in a human physiology course for nonmajors …

Science identity based frameworks have proven fruitful in predicting persistence in careers
in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). However, much of the …

Self-efficacy is a key predictor of achievement and retention in most academic areas,
including the sciences. In this study, the effects of teaching strategies on self-efficacy and …

Low teacher self‐efficacy is an important factor constraining the teaching of science at the
elementary level. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of particular …