Our STEM Teaching and Learning research investigates how teaching and learning practices, tools, and media impact learner outcomes and experiences.

The Center's current STEM Teaching and Learning projects are listed below. You can also read about our completed STEM Teaching and Learning projects.

Well-Rounded Access Program (WRAP)

 

Students to Launch

 

Students to Launch

 

Belonging in Field Education

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About the Project:

Our project envisions STEM field courses as spaces where undergraduate students feel welcomed into equitable environments that sustain and celebrate their identities and backgrounds. 

Modeling Zoos and Aquariums as Inclusive Communities of Science (MoZAICS) for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder

 

Authentic Research through Collaborative Learning (ARC-Learn): Undergraduate Research Experiences in Data Rich Arctic Science (2021-2024)

 

Sense of belonging in undergraduate field education: Implications for the design of inclusive STEM learning experiences (2021-2024)

 

interPLAY: Early Learners Developing STEM Skills through Play and Design (2020-2024)

 

Examining the Role of Authenticity in Informal Science Learning (2019-2023)

 

The Virtual Field: A Mitigation Strategy for the COVID-19 Pandemic

 

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive disruptions in higher education. Faculty across disciplines are struggling to quickly transition to virtual classrooms. Nowhere has this been more difficult than in the field sciences, where first-hand experience with the complexity of the natural world is essential for applying classroom learning to authentic settings, developing deep content knowledge and skills, and fostering identity as a field scientist.

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