Formative assessments allow students to share their learning and receive feedback during the learning process. Constructed-response formative assessments, such as short-answer or open-ended questions, have been shown to capture more of the diversity of ideas, both normative and non-normative, that students hold compared to selected-choice formats. Additionally, short answer assessments enable students to demonstrate the… Read More »

This talk serves as a fervent call to action, urging a collective disruption of an agenda that perpetuates the marginalization of Black and Brown children within STEM learning spaces. Pervasive negative stereotypes and unwelcoming cultures in the STEM disciplines demand intentional intervention and a unified commitment to dismantling exclusionary systems. Too often, the scientific and… Read More »

Transformative science teaching critiques mainstream models of science education for promoting the content areas and prioritizing their big ideas while failing to confront the role of science in making society inequitable and unsustainable. This presentation will share research and classroom examples to illustrate how science education might instead act as a catalyst for alternative futures.… Read More »