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Direct linkRobin A. Costello; Sharday N. Ewell; Paula E. Adams; Maurina L. Aranda; Aaron Curry; Maria Mercedes De Jesus; Ryan D. P. Dunk; Marcos E. García-Ojeda; Stephanie J. Gutzler; Linda R. A. Habersham; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Myesha Mateen; Kelsey J. Metzger; Kimberly X. Mulligan; Melinda T. Owens; Rachel M. Pigg; Kim Quillin; Mallory M. Rice; Selorm Sovi; Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Jaidyn Schultz; Elli J. Theobald; Erica Tracey; Brie Tripp; Suann Yang; Ash Zemenick; Cissy J. Ballen; Dax Ovid – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Increasingly, curricular materials for undergraduate life science courses are designed to highlight scientists with identities and backgrounds that counter historical and stereotypical representation in science. In this essay, we characterize the wide variation in the development and implementation of these curricular materials featuring…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Scientists, College Science, Biological Sciences
Pence, Harry E.; Pence, Laura E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Nationally, as the chemical community aspires to become more diverse, it is essential to make students of all races, ethnicities, gender expressions, and physical abilities feel welcomed and represented in the introductory courses in the field. One way to accomplish this goal is to present examples of scientists who are not traditionally included…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Introductory Courses, College Science, Diversity
Kaylynn Imsande; Lucy McGuire; Luke Wheeler – American Biology Teacher, 2023
At a time when all course instruction had been moved online, it seemed wishful thinking for a group of undergraduate students to begin authentic, independent research. With curious, creative, and motivated mindsets; however, we learned not only that such research was possible during a global pandemic, but that it could provide vital learning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Undergraduate Students, Scientists, College Science
Peggy McNeal; Deepika Menon; Deef Al Shorman; Paulina Gajewska-Schaefer – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate undergraduate students' conceptions of Earth scientists, using drawing as a tool, during introductory Earth science courses. We explored two research questions: 1) What student conceptions are evident in undergraduate students' drawings of Earth scientists? and 2) How do undergraduate students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Earth Science, Freehand Drawing, Pretests Posttests
Baylor, Martha-Elizabeth; Hoehn, Jessica R.; Finkelstein, Noah – Physics Teacher, 2022
Increasingly, the physics community is attending to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), both in language and action. We are more publicly recognizing our individual responsibilities as physicists to address social injustice and systemic oppression. To this end, our physics classrooms are key levers for action. While we have made…
Descriptors: Physics, Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice
Kathryn Williamson; Ellen Belchior Rodrigues; Myya Helm; Christopher Cunningham; Daniel Gallegos; Unique Beaver; Iahnna Henry – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
As science educators, we have an important opportunity to influence perceptions of who does science, and we can work to empower students to make our disciplines more accessible to people of all backgrounds. This goal was explicitly built into an introductory college astronomy course through the theme of "Who Speaks for Earth?"…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Racism, Gender Bias
Ries, Kate R.; Mensinger, Zachary L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
In undergraduate classrooms, a majority of chemistry discoveries introduced are by white men and a small group of white women. There is greater online representation of chemists of diverse backgrounds, but the emphasis on diversity is mainly based on a monthly theme from Black History Month to Women's History Month. The "Diversity in…
Descriptors: Diversity, Scientists, Chemistry, Undergraduate Students
Julie M. Bocetti; Valentina Alvarez; Donald E. Elmore; Adam G. W. Matthews – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2025
Community, inclusion, and perseverance are essential for student success in STEM. To promote these values, we developed two discussion-based activities for implementation in introductory college STEM courses. Both activities incorporate watching videos that portray scientists telling the stories of their career trajectory, in-class discussions,…
Descriptors: College Students, College Science, Science Education, Introductory Courses
Shannon Barry; K. A. Stofer; J. Loizzo; P. DiGennaro – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
High school students' perceptions often do not capture the diversity and opportunity intrinsic within science. University outreach programmes represent an ideal opportunity to increase students' exposure to diverse scientific fields and dismantle limiting perceptions. The authors examined the impact of a university-based science outreach programme…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientists, Electronic Learning
Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Ash T. Zemenick; Rachel M. Youngblood; Robin A. Costello; Emily P. Driessen; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Marjorie G. Weber; Cissy J. Ballen – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Featuring scientists in classroom materials provides opportunities for students to relate to scientists as role models and see themselves in science. However, it is unclear what information students find most relatable when encountering scientists throughout their education. In this study, we manipulated the amount and type of information provided…
Descriptors: Humanization, Science Education, Biology, Information Sources
Mona L. Becker; Melanie R. Nilsson – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This study examines the representation of people of color in 10 US general chemistry textbooks published between 2016 and 2020. On average, people of color appear every 320 pages of text, while white figures are observed every 24 pages. The average percentage of people of color in the textbooks (12%) is well below the percentage in the US general…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Minority Groups
Pernaa, Johannes; Law, Gareth T. W.; Ranjan, Sanjeev – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Radiochemistry faces a well-documented training and recruitment crisis. Older radiochemists are retiring, and fewer young people are studying radiochemistry. In turn, this is leading to a shortage in newly qualified radiochemists, as well as a loss of historical knowledge (as know-how is often not passed-on). Here, we analyzed the relevance of the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Radiation, Science Education, Relevance (Education)
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2019
Ask a physics person what the name of Robert A. Millikan brings to mind, and most would immediately think of the eponymous experiments that he did with the charge on the electron in the years 1908 to 1913. A few might remember his work, starting in 1914, with the experimental determination of Planck's constant using the photoelectric effect. Few…
Descriptors: College Science, Scientists, Biographies, Physics
Sulaiman, Nidhal; Werth, Alexandra; Lewandowski, H. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
A large-enrollment, introductory physics laboratory course at the University of Colorado Boulder has undergone a recent transformation to help students' develop lab skills and better align students' views and beliefs about experimental physics with those of expert experimental physicists through engagement with authentic scientific practices. We…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Download full textAlgarni, Norah A.; Alahmad , Nidhal Sh. – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Understanding nature of science (NOS) is a fundamental goal in science education standards. Due to the role of specialised and educational teachers' preparation programmes in developing their NOS concepts, this study aims to identify views on NOS and attitudes toward teaching NOS among Saudi undergraduate chemistry students and the differences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Chemistry, College Science
