Research Briefs Listing
1. What Levels of Institutions in a National Population are Reforming Undergraduate Science Courses? Download file
Dennis W. Sunal and Cynthia Szymanski Sunal NSEUS
2. What Criteria Can Be Used to Identify the Level of Implementation of Reform in an Undergraduate Science Course? Download file
Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Dennis W. Sunal, Cheryl Sundberg, Cheryl L. Mason and Corinne Lardy NSEUS
3. What Characteristics Are Found in Reformed and Non-Reformed Undergraduate Science Courses? Download file
Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Cheryl Sundberg, Cheryl L. Mason, Corinne Lardy, Dean Zollman and Mojgan Matloob-Haghanikar NSEUS
4. What Characteristics Are Found Among Institutions Still Offering and No Longer Offering Reformed Undergraduate Science Courses? Download file
Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Ericka Steele, Glenda Ogletree, Cheryl L. Mason, and Dean Zollman NSEUS
5. What Are the Characteristics of a Faculty Collaborative Teams at Institutions Involved in Undergraduate Science Course Reform? Download file
Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Dennis W. Sunal, Dean Zollman, and Cheryl L. Mason NSEUS
6. What Characteristics Are Identified as Key Reform Components Among a Sample of Reformed Undergraduate Science Courses? Download file
Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Ericka Steele, Donna Turner, Cheryl L. Mason, Corrine Lardy, Dean Zollman, Mojgan Matloob-Haghanikar, and Sytil Murphy NSEUS 2009
7. What Perceptions of Scientists Do Undergraduate Students in Reform and Non-Reform Science Courses Describe? Download file
Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Dennis W. Sunal, Donna Turner, Erika Steele, Cheryl L. Mason, Corrine Lardy, Dean Zollman, Mojgan Matloob-Haghanikar, and Sytil Murphy NSEUS7 2009
8. How Do Faculty in Reform and Traditional Undergraduate Science Courses Describe Their Perspectives on Teaching? Download file
Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Erika Steele, Cheryl L. Mason, and Dean Zollman NSEUS (8) 2009
9. What Perceptions of Undergraduate Science Teaching Do Students in Reform and Non-Reform Science Courses Describe? Download file
Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Erika Steele, Donna Turner, Cheryl L. Mason, Corrinne Lardy, Dean Zollman, Mojgan Matloob-Haghanikar, and Sytil Murphy NSEUS (9) April, 2009
11. Comparing the Science Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Elementary Teachers Who Participated in Reformed orNon-Reformed Undergraduate Entry-Level Science Courses Download file
Donna Turner, Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, and Erika Steele The University of Alabama
12. Differences in Student Perception of Learning Environment Between Reformed and Non-Reformed Undergraduate Science Classes Download file
Erika M. Steele, Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, The University of Alabama
Background Papers
1. Background Research Paper No. 1, March, 2008, The Wiki’s Role in Constructing a Research Agenda in Pre-service Teacher Education, Christopher T. Inman, Vivian H. Wright, Cynthia S. Sunal, and Craig Shwery
2. Background Research Paper No. 2, April, 2008, What Do We Know About Undergraduate Science Course Reform? Synthesizing Themes, Dennis W. Sunal, Cynthia S. Sunal, and Cheryl Sundberg, The University of Alabama, Cheryl Mason and Corinne Lardy, San Diego State University, and Dean Zollman, Kansas State University.
3. Background Research Paper No. 3, April, 2009, What are the understandings of fifth grade teachers about teaching the concept of chemical change to their students? Glenda L. Ogletree, Armstrong Atlantic State University and Dennis W. Sunal, The University of Alabama.
4. Background Research Paper No. 6, Measuring Differences in Student Perception of the Learning Environment in Undergraduate Entry‐Level Science Courses, Erika M. Steele, Dennis W. Sunal, and Cynthia, Szymanski Sunal The University of Alabama
5. Point of View: How Are We Reforming Teaching in Undergraduate Science Sources? By: Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Dennis Wayne Sunal, Cheryl Sundberg, Cheryl Mason, Dean Zollman, Corrine Lardy, and Matloob-Haghanikar Mojgan Journal of College Science Teaching, Nov. 09
6. Background Research Paper No. 7 Facilitation and Motivation Concerning Undergraduate STEM Reform: The Current Status of Non-Funded NOVA Participants, By: Corrine H. Lardy, and Cheryl L. Mason San Diego State University.
