Highlighted below are Center for Educational Assessment publications:
Goodwin, E, Shapiro, C., Freise, A., & Moberg Parker, J., (2023). Synthesizing research narratives to reveal the big picture: a CREATE(S) intervention modified for Journal Club improves undergraduate science literacy. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, e00055-23. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00055-23
Liu, A., Shapiro, C., Gregg, J., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Sanders O’Leary, E., & Kennison, R. L. (2022). Scaling up a life sciences college career exploration course to foster STEM confidence and career self-efficacy. Research in Science & Technological Education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2022.2083599
Jacobs, M. S., Purdy, D., Phelan, R., Narvaez, J., Lumada, K. T., Gonzalez, M. L., … & Barber, P. H. “‘School on the Backburner’: The Latinx experience with remote instruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” (under review at the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education).
Barber, P. H., Shapiro, C., Jacobs, M. S., Avilez, L., Brenner, K. I., Cabral, C., … & Levis-Fitzgerald, M. (2021). Disparities in Remote Learning Faced by First-Generation and Underrepresented Minority Students during COVID-19: Insights and Opportunities from a Remote Research Experience. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 22(1), ev22i1-2457.
Ramachandran, R., Jacobs, M.S., Lavine, A.S., & Levis-Fitzgerald, M. (2021). Holistic Assessment Framework for General Education Program Review. The Journal of General Education 70(1), 85-110. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/901193.
A Unique and Scalable Model for Increasing Research Engagement, STEM Persistence, and Entry into Doctoral Programs. CBE Life Sciences Education. 2021 Mar;20(1):ar11. doi: 10.1187/cbe.20-09-0224. PubMed PMID: 33600221.
Sanders O’Leary, E., Whang Sayson, H., Shapiro, C., Garfinkel, A., Conley, W., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Eagan, M.K., & Van Valkenburgh, B. (2021). Reimagining the Introductory Math Curriculum for Life Science Students. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(4), ar62.
Kistner, K., Sparck, E. M., Liu, A., Whang Sayson, H., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., & Arnold, W. (2021). Academic and professional preparedness: Outcomes of undergraduate research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 4(4), 3-9.
Nallapothula, D., Lozano, J. B., Han, S., Herrera, C., Sayson, H. W., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., & Maloy, J. (2020). M-LoCUS: A Scalable Intervention Enhances Growth Mindset and Internal Locus of Control in Undergraduate Students in STEM. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 21(2).
Mitchell, K., Ronas, J., Dao, C., Freise, A. C., Mangul, S., Shapiro, C., & Moberg Parker, J. (2020). PUMAA: A Platform for Accessible Microbiome Analysis in the Undergraduate Classroom. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 2460.
O’Leary, E. S., Shapiro, C., Toma, S., Sayson, H. W., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Johnson, T., & Sork, V. L. (2020). Creating inclusive classrooms by engaging STEM faculty in culturally responsive teaching workshops. International journal of STEM education, 7(1), 1-15.
Liu, A., Toma, S., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., & Russell, A. A. (2020). The role of a summer field experience in fostering stem students’ socioemotional perceptions and social justice awareness as preparation for a science teaching career. Berkeley Review of Education, 9(2). (https://doi.org/10.5070/B89244648)
Choe, R. C., Scuric, Z., Eshkol, E. Cruser, S., Arndt, A., Cox, R., Toma, S. P., Shapiro, C., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Barnes, G., & Crosbie-Watson, R. H. (2019) Student satisfaction and learning outcomes in asynchronous online lecture videos. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 18(4), ar55 (https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.18-08-0171).
Olson, J. M., Evans, C. J., Ngo, K. T., Kim, H. J., Nguyen, J. D., Gurley, K. G., … & Shapiro, C., Levis-Fitzgerald, M. Jaworski, L., Loppato, D., Clark, I. E. and U. Banerjee (2019). Expression-Based Cell Lineage Analysis in Drosophila Through a Course-Based Research Experience for Early Undergraduates. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 9(11), 3791-3800. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400541
Ramachandran, R., Sparck, E.M., & Levis-Fitzgerald, M. (2019). Investigating the effectiveness of using application-based science education videos in a general chemistry lecture course. Journal of Chemistry Education, 96(3), 479-485 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00777).
Lee, C. J., Toven-Lindsey, B., Shapiro, C., Soh, M., Mazrouee, S., Levis-Fitzgerald, M. & Sanders, E. R. (2018). Error-discovery learning boosts student engagement and performance while reducing student attrition in a bioinformatics course. CBE – Life Sciences Education, 17(3), ar40 (https://www.lifescied.org/doi/pdf/10.1187/cbe.17-04-0061).
Stains, M., Harshman, J., Barker, M. K., Chasteen, S. V., Cole, R., DeChenne-Peters, S. E., … & Levis-Fitzgerald, M. (2018). Anatomy of STEM teaching in North American universities. Science, 359(6383), 1468-1470. (https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap8892)
Salomon, D., Shapiro, C., Buck, R., Pho, A., & Levis-Fitzgerald, M. (2017). Embedded peer specialists: One institution’s successful strategy to scale information literacy services. Paper presented March 2017 at the annual Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference, Baltimore, MD. (http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2017/EmbeddedPeerSpecialists.pdf)
Whang-Sayson, H., Daniel, J. C., & Russell, A. A. (2017). A Serendipitous Benefit of a Teaching-Exploration Program at a Large Public University: Creating a STEM Workforce That Supports Teachers and Public Education. Journal of College Science Teaching, 47(1), 24. (https://search.proquest.com/docview/1933153882?accountid=14512)
Sanders, E. R., Moberg-Parker, J., Hirsch, A. M., Lee, P. Y., Shapiro, C., Toma, S., & Levis-Fitzgerald, M. (2016) Transforming Laboratory Education in the Life Sciences. Microbe, 11(2), 69-74. (https://doi.org/10.1128/microbe.11.69.1)
Shapiro, C., Moberg-Parker, J., Toma, S., Ayon, C., Zimmerman, H., Roth-Johnson, E. A., Hancock, S. P., Levis-Fitzgerald, M. & Sanders, E. R. (2015). Comparing the impact of course-based and apprentice-based research experiences in a life science laboratory curriculum. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 16(2), 186-197. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1128%2Fjmbe.v16i2.1045)
Soh, M., Roth-Johnson, L., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Rowat, A. (2015). Interactive taste tests enhance student learning. Journal of College Science Teaching, 45(1). (http://www.jstor.org/stable/43631884)
Toven-Lindsey, B., Levis-Fitzgerald, M. Barber, P.H. & Hasson, T. (2015) Increasing Persistence in Undergraduate Science Majors: A Model for Institutional Support of Underrepresented Students. CBE Life Sciences Education, 14(2), ar12. (https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.14-05-0082)
Shapiro, C., Ayon, C., Moberg‐Parker, J., Levis‐Fitzgerald, M., & Sanders, E. R. (2013). Strategies for Using Peer‐assisted Learning Effectively in an Undergraduate Bioinformatics Course. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 41(1), 24-33. (https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.20665)