The Impact of Project-Based Learning on Students in High School Chemistry in Rural Maine, Brianna DeGone
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Addressing Dehumanizing Mathematical Practices: Using Supervisory Leaders’ Experiential Knowledge to Transform the Mathematics Classroom, Allison Mudd, Stefanie D. Livers, Artavia Acklin, Tommy Acklin, Linda D. Harper, Tiffany Davis
Journal of Educational Supervision

Investigating the Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices of High School Chemistry Teachers Regarding the Differentiation of Instruction, Anna Tyrina
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An Investigation of Students' Use and Understanding of Evaluation Strategies, Abolaji R. Akinyemi
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Experimental platforms for behavioral experiments on social-ecological systems, Marco Janssen, Allen Lee, Timothy M. Waring
Timothy M Waring

Assessing the Effectiveness of a Tool for Classifying and Assessing Student Energy Diagrams in Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Instruction, Michael Dudley
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A Case Study into Middle School Students' Conceptualizations of Motion and Interpretations of Negative Velocities, Peter A. Colesworthy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Investigating Maine Secondary Science Teachers Conceptualization of Scientific Argumentation, Erin Doran
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Work at the Boundary: A Research-Practice Partnership to Integrate Computer Science into Middle School Science, Amelia R. Callahan
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

How Students Communicate Knowledge: Written Versus Drawn Responses to Formative Assessment Questions in an Introductory Undergraduate Marine Science Course, Christina Siddons
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Evolutionary Approach to Crowdsourcing Mathematics Education, Spencer Ward
Honors College

Applying Cluster Analysis to Student Responses from Energy Surveys for Identification of Commonalities in their Understanding, Arianna Giguere
Honors College

Understanding Social Factors in Small Group Work in Undergraduate Mathematics Classrooms, Jeremy R. Bernier
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Pre-service Elementary Teachers' Use of Spatial Diagrams: Investigations of Unbounded Shearing on Solid Figures, Camden G. Bock
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Bridging the Gap: Including Cultural Science in Post-Secondary Education to Enhance Learning Within Sciences for Native and Non-Native Students, tish carr
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Using Question Variations to Access Alternate Student Thinking About the Same Physical Situations, Jeffrey Mathis Hawkins
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Learning Science: Physical and Life Sciences in Curricula Across U.S. Schools of Nursing, Valerie C. Sauda
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The High School to First-Year College Instructional Transition: An Investigation of the Predictions and Perceptions of STEM Students, Emma Toth
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Assessing Quantitative Reasoning in a Ninth Grade Science Class Using Interdisciplinary Data Story Assignments, Bryn W. Keenhold
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics (University of Maine) Records, 1959-1974, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Finding Aids

Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Formative Assessment Practices: An Empirical Study from Middle School Earth Science Instruction in the Context of an Educational Improved Community, Laura Millay
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Understanding Student Development Of Science Literacy Skills in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course, Molly Picillo
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A Granular Account of Student's Understanding Reasoning within an Everyday and Scientific Contexts, Grace M. Gonnella
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Echoes of the Past: The Effect of Background Experience on Far Transfer, Graham H. Hummel-Hall
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Deciphering Climate-Driven Changes in Planktonic Diatom Communities in Lake Superior, Amy Kireta
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Investigating Student Understanding of Vector Calculus in Upper-Division Electricity and Magnetism: Construction and Determination of Differential Element in Non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems, Benjamin Schermerhorn
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Assessing Student Understanding of Reasoning using Argument-based Contrast Matrices, Ethan Geheb
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

What Types of Instructional Shifts do Students Experience? Investigating Active Learning in STEM Classes across Key Transition Points from Middle School to the University Level, Kenneth Akiha
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using Contrasting Cases to Build Metacognitive Knowledge About the Impact of Salient Distracting Features in Physics Problems, Thanh K. Le
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Contrast Dependent Knowledge Development in Contrast Supported Scientific Observation, Maura B. Foley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Investigating Student Mental Models at the Intersection of Mathematics and Physical Reasoning in Physics, Savannah E. Lodge-Scharff
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Investigating the Assessment of Abstraction as a Key Component of the Nature of Models, Derek C. LaBarron Mr.
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SimStream: A Framework for Teaching Environmental and Computational Thinking to Elementary and Middle School Students, Timothy Baker
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Development of an Active-Learning Lesson that Targets Student Understanding of Population Growth in Ecology, Elizabeth Trenckmann
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Investigating Student Learning of Analog Electronics, Kevin L. Van De Bogart
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Assessing Students' Understanding of Variability and Graph Interpretation Through an Authentic Science Investigation, William M. Schlager
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Examining Student Ability to Follow and Interact with Qualitative Inferential Reasoning Chains, William N. Ferm Jr.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Online Mathematics Homework Increases Student Achievement, Jeremy Roschelle, Mingyu Feng, Robert F. Murphy, Craig A. Mason
STEM Faculty Scholarship

Calculus Students' Reasoning About Slope and Derivative as Rates of Change, Jennifer G. Tyne
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Evaluation of the Collaborative Design Process and Classroom Implementation of a Place-Relevant Lesson in Ninth Grade Earth Science Classrooms, Marina Van der Eb
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Discussion in Middle and High School Earth Science Classrooms and Its Impact on Students' Abilities to Construct Evidence-Based Arguments in Their Written Work, Rachel Martin
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A Campus-wide Investigation of University-level Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Instruction: The Status of Clicker Use and Peer Discussion, Justin D. Lewin
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Inconsistent Conceptions of Acceleration Contributing to Formative Assessment Limitations, Gregory D. Kranich
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Analytical derivation: An epistemic game for solving mathematically based physics problems, Rabindra R. Bajracharya, John R. Thompson
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship

Investigating Teachers' Content Knowledge and Pedogogical Content Knowledge in a Middle School Physical Science Curriculum on Force and Motion, Daniel Patrick Laverty
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Thinking Beyond the Fried Egg Model: How Accurately Do Students Perceive Cells in a Living Context?, Milissa Knox
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifying Student Difficulties with Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Carnot Cycle, Trevor I. Smith, Warren M. Christensen, Donald B. Mountcastle, John R. Thompson
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship

Student Understanding of the Boltzmann Factor, Trevor I. Smith, Donald B. Mountcastle, John R. Thompson
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship

Collaborative Research: Research and Curriculum Development in Thermal Physics, John R. Thompson, Warren M. Christensen, David E. Meltzer
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Calculus Students' Understanding of Logical Implication and its Relationship to their Understanding of Calculus Theorems, Joshua Case
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Analysis of Struggling Student Performance in Response to Academic Intervention, Jonathan E. Dumont
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

College Student Difficulties with Applied Optimization Problems in Introductory Calculus, Sundance James Campbell
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Cross-Sectional Assessment of Student Content Knowledge in an Undergraduate Marine Science Program, Ryan A. Weatherbee
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

NUE: Nano Science And Laboratory Experience (ScALE) at UMaine, Rosemary L. Smith, Scott D. Collins, Michael D. Mason
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Let's Play that Again! Engaging Students in Ecology Using Instructional Games, Vanessa A. Klein
STEM Faculty Scholarship

An Inventory of Student Recollections of Their Past Misconceptions as a Tool for Improved Classroom Astronomy Instruction, Andrej Favia
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Conducting Authentic Field-Geology Research on High School Students' Understanding of the Nature of Science, and Their Views of Themselves as Research Scientists, Patricia M. Millette
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Graduate Students' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching the Derivative and Applications of the Derivative, Shahram Shawn Firouzian
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Reaching Struggling Introductory Biology Students with a Targeted Peer Tutoring Program, Zachary Batz
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Student Application of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus with Graphical Representations in Mathematics and Physics, Rabindra R. Bajracharya
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Science Teachers' Perceptions of Google Earth for Inclusive Classroom Instruction, Emily J. Rice
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using Personal Response Devices as a Method to Study Visitor Experience at Informal Science Learning Environments, Kendra J. Michaud
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Correlations Between Students' Multiple Ways of Thinking About the Derivative and their Abilities to Solve Applied Derivative Problems, Shahram Shawn Firouzian
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Proof Conceptions of College Calculus Students, Jon Janelle
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University Students' Graph Interpretation and Comprehension Abilities, Daniel Bragdon
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Paying Attention to Theory in Science Classroom Argumentation, Kalee Reid Gwarjanski
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

NA2747 Molly Schauffler, interviewed by Adam Lee Cilli, Molly Schauffler
MF192 Climate Change Institute 40th Anniversary Oral History Project

Increasing Access and Success in the STEM Disciplines: A Model for Supporting the Transition of High School Students with Disabilities into STEM-Related Postsecondary Education, Martie Kendrick, Marnie Bragdon-Morneault, Janet May, Alan Kurtz
Transition-Age Resources

Experimental platforms for behavioral experiments on social-ecological systems, Marco Janssen, Allen Lee, Timothy M. Waring
Publications

Identifying Productive Resources in Secondary School Students' Discourse About Energy, Benedikt Walter Harrer
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Correlations Between Students Performance on Assessments and Teachers' Knowledge of Students and Energy, Levi Lucy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

IDEAS: Inquiry-based Dynamic Earth Applications of Supercomputing, Seeing the Big Picture with Information Technology, Bruce E. Segee, Yifeng Zhu, Peter O. Koons
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

IDEAS: Inquiry-based Dynamic Earth Applications of Supercomputing, Seeing the Big Picture with Information Technology, Bruce E. Segee, Yifeng Zhu, Peter O. Koons
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Collaborative Research: Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence - National Network Partnerships, Annette V. deCharon
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

An Assessment of Ninth Graders' Use of Graphs and Explanations to Communicate Scientific Ideas, Mary Jean Jones
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Student Understanding of Cardiovascular Physiology: The Relationship Between Pressure, Flow, and Resistance, Nitisha L. Mitchell
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Students' Understanding of Recursion: When Do They Use It and Why?, Adi Levy Conlogue
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

REU Site: Sensor Science and Engineering, John F. Vetelino, Nuri Emanetoglu
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Investigating physics students' simultaneous use of gestures & speech to describe multiple quantities of a vertically-tossed ball, Evan Chase
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Teachers' Understandings of Inquiry and Reported Use of Scientific Practices: A Survey of NTSA Conference Attendees, Ashley M. Young
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

College students' understanding of geometric transformations, Sarah Rizzo
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Assessing and enhancing student understanding of carbon cycling in organisms, Kara M. Soule
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Development of the Biology Competencies Assessment Series (BCAS), Michelle K. Smith
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

A Phenomenological Approach to Understanding the Role of Bodily Activity in Chemical Imagining, Virginia J. Flood
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Student Understanding of Definite Integrals with Relevance to Physics Using Graphical Representations, Rabindra R. Bajracharya
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collaborative Research: Linking Researchers and Graduate Students through COSEE Tools & Services, Annette V. deCharon
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Investigating the Nature of Third Grade Students' Experiences with Concept Maps to Support Learning of Science Concepts, Margaret L. Merrill
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collaborative Research: Paradigms in Physics: Creating and Testing Materials to Facilitate Dissemination of the Energy and Entropy Module, John R. Thompson
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

The Astrobiology Project: Effects on Students' Science Aspirations and Achievement, and an Analysis of Self-Handicapping Behavior, Elizabeth Burroughs
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

STEM Education Policy in Maine and the Nation, Thomas E. Keller
Maine Policy Review

Collaborative Research: Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence - Oceans in the Earth-Sun System, Annette deCharon
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

College Chemistry Students Understanding and Application of the Relationship between Algebra and Stoichiometry, Maggie Hutchinson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Answer-Seeking and Idea-Constructing During Collaborative Active-Learning Activities in a Physics Laboratory, Casey E. Murphy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Students' Qualitative Understanding of the Relationship between the Graph of a Function and the Graphs of Its Derivatives, John R. Stahley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Foundations and Frontiers of Physics Education Research 2009, Michael J. Wittmann, Paula Heron, Rachel Scherr
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Creation, Coordination, and Activation of Resources in Physics and Mathematics Learning, Michael J. Wittmann, John R. Thompson, John Donovan
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Conference 2008 - Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching IV: Resources and Tool for Improved Learning, Susan R. McKay, Stephen A. Norton, Eric A. Pandiscio, Owen Paul Maurais, John R. Thompson II
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Language and Area: Influences on Student Understanding of Integration, William Lloyd Hall
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Procedural Skills — The Missing Link in Ninth Graders' Comprehension of Geography's Influence on Climate, Erik Krentel daSilva
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

RET Site: Sensors!, John F. Vetelino, Constance Holden
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Investigation into the Effectiveness of an Inquiry-Based Curriculum in an Introductory Biology Laboratory, Molly Ann Harris
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Understanding the Greenhouse Effect Using a Computer Model, Lisa Schultz
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Student Understanding of Error and Variability in Primary Science Communication, Megan McOsker
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Assessing Impacts of the Aquatic Invaders in Maine (AIM) Workshop on Inquiry Pedagogy and Student Learning, Danielle Miniutti
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

From the Fair to the Laboratory: The Institutionalization of Agricultural Science and Education in Maine, Thomas Reznick
Maine History

Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching: A Conference for Students, Teachers and University Faculty in Science, Mathematics, and Related Fields, Susan R. McKay, Francois Amar, Michael J. Wittmann, Owen Paul Maurais, Eric A. Pandiscio
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Collaborative Research: Research on the Learning and Teaching of Thermal Physics, John R. Thompson
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Student Understanding of Groundwater Concepts in Two Undergraduate Geology Courses, Danielle M. Martin
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Comparing Student Performance on Isomorphic Math and Physics Vector Representations, Joel Van Deventer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Students' Understanding of Deriving Properties of a Function's Graph from the Sign Chart of the First Derivative, Karen Diane Abbey
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Reasoning about Vector Components on Student Understanding of Two-Dimensional Acceleration, Bhupendra Singh Nagpure
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Attitude and Learning at Upward Bound in the Field of Statistics, Adam Zukowski
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Investigation into the Effectiveness of Web-Based College Algebra in Conceptual and Procedural Mathematics Knowledge, Ashley A. Graves
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A Revolutionary Model to Improve Science Education, Teachers, and Scientists, Susan H. Brawley, Judith Pusey, Barbara J.W. Cole, Lauree E. Gott, Stephen A. Norton
Maine Policy Review

NSF GK-12 STEM: A Fellow’s Perspective/A Partner Teacher’s Perspective, Peter F. Smith, Lauree E. Gott
Maine Policy Review

General Education Course in Intuitive Quantum Physics, Michael C. Wittmann
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Collaborative Project: Developing a tutorial approach to enhance student learning of intermediate mechanics, Michael J. Wittmann
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

GK-12: NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education at the University of Maine, Susan H. Brawley, Stephen A. Norton, Barbara J. Cole, Michael Vayda, Eric N. Landis, Susan J. Hunter, Ruey Yehle
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Impact of New Science and Engineering Graduates on Intrastate Labor Markets, Philip A. Trostel
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Understanding Weather: Phase Changes of Water in the Atmosphere, Elliot D. Rappaport
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Comparing the Effectiveness of Research-based Curricula for Teaching Introductory Mechanics, Trevor I. Smith
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Analysis of Variable Misconceptions before and after Various Collegiate Level Mathematics Courses, Zachary Scott McIntyre
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using Online Data to Teach Science Skills to Middle School Students, Medea Hoeschen Steinman
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Students' Epistemological Beliefs of Mathematics When Taught Using Traditional Versus Reform Curricula in Rural Maine High Schools, Glenn T. Colby
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Identifying Student Concepts of Gravity, Roger Eastman Feeley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A Comparative Study of How High School Students Understand Stem Cells, Jonathan Christian Rabe Moyer
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

GK-12: Sensors!, John F. Vetelino
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Roles of Students and Instructors in a Pilot Computer-based College Algebra Course, Karen Hope Snyder
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Investigation into the Change in the Van Hiele Levels of Understanding Geometry of Pre-service Elementary and Secondary Mathematics Teachers, Kathleen Chesley Knight
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Physics First in Maine, Michael James O'Brien
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Assessment and Modification of an Introductory Astronomy Laboratory Lesson on Astronomical Time-keeping, Adrienne Traxler
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Effects of Implementing an Interactive Student Response System in a College Algebra Classroom, Dina L. Blodgett
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Using Analogical Models in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Courses to Improve Student Understanding of Beer's Law, Matthew Leland
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Developmental Biology Courseware that Integrates Multimedia Technology into the Laboratory and Classroom Experience, Mary S. Tyler
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

A Middle School Standards-based Science Curriculum Handbook, Eleanor B. Hess
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

(SGER) Theoretical Frameworks for Conducting Research in Physics Education, Randal R. Harrington
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Measuring the Effects of Mathematics Instruction in a Physics Classroom with Mathematics and Physics Diagnostics, Michael A. Murphy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Investigations of Student Understanding of Sound Propogation and Resonance, Katherine VerPlanck Menchen
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Student Ideas about the Moon and its Phases and the Impact of a Real 3D Model of the Sun/Earth/Moon System in an Introductory Astronomy Laboratory Course, James Cohen
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

I: Using InterChemnet to Promote Active Learning Curriculum Development Cycles II: Redox Properties of Gold Phosphine Thiolate Complexes, Barbara Stewart
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Development of a Nitric Oxide Gas Sensor and Air Quality Projects in a High School Chemistry Classroom, Andrea Lynn Martin
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Assessing College Students' Mathematical Disposition, Richard W. Beveridge
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Deductive Mathematics: an Introduction to Proof and Discovery for Mathematics Education, Andrew Wohlgemuth
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship

Grading the General Chemistry Laboratory: A Constructivist Approach., Barbara Stewart
Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A New Course Promoting Science as a Way of Knowing, Howard B. Dowse
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

Everyday Life is Full of 'Science Moments' to Teach and Share with Children, Mary Bird, Herman Weller
STEM Faculty Scholarship