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Faculty Membership

As the CE-STEM strengthens STEM education across West Virginia, the Center is also building a dynamic network of faculty, researchers, and scholars focused on STEM education across the University system.

Benefits

Members of the STEM Education Research Network gain special benefits unique to STEM education at WVU and beyond.

  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Research collaboration among STEM Education Research Network members.
  • Notifications for STEM education grant opportunities.
  • Support in grant proposal writing and development to maximize broader impacts.
  • Proposal review, including having external evaluators available through WVUCE-STEM and assistance in managing the external advisory/review process.
  • Additional post-award support.
  • Assistance for faculty in dissemination of research findings.

To take advantage of any of the benefits listed, please email stemcenter@mail.wvu.edu.

Third grade classroom learns coding

Students in Mrs. Mattern’s third grade classroom participate in a day of Code at Mylan Park Elementary School in Morgantown, WV.

Publications

Program Implementation

  • Sustainability: Obtaining Department Buy-In

    Stewart, G. (2014). Abstract retrieved from AAPT Abstract Archive.

  • Revitalizing an Undergraduate Physics Program: A Case Study of the University of Arkansas

    Stewart, J., Oliver III, W. , & Stewart, G. (2013). American Journal of Physics , 81, 943.

STEM Education Coursework

  • The leaf electroscope: a take home project of unusual depth

    Stewart, J., Skinner, S., & Stewart, G. (2013). The Physics Teacher, 48, 51, 520.

  • Using Linguistic References to Characterize Class Integration

    Stewart, G., Stewart, J., Skinner, S., Bailey, C. (1999). Physics Education, 34, 266.

  • Part I: Toward a System of Educational Engineering for Traditional Class Elements in Introductory Physics Courses

    Stewart, G. (1997). Journal of Science Education and Technology, 6, 173.

  • Optimally Engineering Traditional Introductory Physics Classes

    Stewart, G., Stewart, J., Slape, S., & Osborn, J. (1997). Journal of Science Education and Technology, 6(4): 297-314.

  • Beliefs and Attitudes about Science and Mathematics in Pre-Service Elementary Teachers, STEM, and Non-STEM Majors in Undergraduate Physics Courses

    Michaluk, L., Stoiko, R., Stewart, G., & Stewart, J. (2018). Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1 - 15.

  • New Directions in Educational Research, Michaluk / Vitae 5 Methodology, and Analytical Techniques

    Michaluk, L. M., DeVore, S., Stewart, G. B., & Stewart, J. C. (2016). In M. d' Souza (Ed), Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Emerging Trends (pp. 90-131). Anaheim, CA: United Scholars Publications.

  • Behavioral Self-Regulation in a Physics Class

    Stewart, J. C., Devore, S., Stewart, G. B., & Michaluk, L. (2016). Physical Review: Physics Education Research, 12(1), 010125.

  • Critical Thinking Elements of First-Year Engineering Students

    Michaluk, L. M., Martens, J., Damron, R. L., & High, K. A. (2016). International Journal of Engineering Education, 32(1A), 84–99.

  • The Effect of Essential Oils of Sweet Fennel and Pignut on Mortality and Learning in Africanized Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.)

    Abramson, C. I., Wanderley, P. A., Wanderley, M. J. A., Silva, J. C. R., & Michaluk, L. M. (2007). Neotropical Entomology, 36, 828 – 835.

  • Citronella is not a Repellent to Africanized Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Brazil

    Abramson, C. I., Wilson, M. K., Singleton, J. B., Wanderley, P. A., Wanderley, M. J. A., & Michaluk, L. M. (2006) Bioassay, 1, 1 – 7.

  • The Effect of an Organic Pesticide on Mortality and Learning in Africanized Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Brasil

    Abramson, C. I., Singleton, J. B., Wilson, M. K., Wanderley, P. A., Ramalho, F. S., & Michaluk, L. M. (2006). American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2, 37 – 44.

  • The Effect of Pace Alteration on Time Interval Estimation

    Foley, A. J., Michaluk, L. M., & Thomas, D. G. (2004). Perceptual and Motor Skills, 98, 291 – 298.

  • The Use of Antistatic Foam as a Shocking Surface for Invertebrates

    Abramson, C. I., Morris, W. A., Michaluk, L. M., & Squire, J. (2004). Journal of Entomological Science, 39, 562 – 566.

Student Performance

  • Using cluster analysis to identify patterns in students' responses to contextually different conceptual problems

    Stewart, J., Miller, M., Audo, C. & Stewart, G. (2012). Physical Review - Physics Education Research, 8, 020112.

  • Using time-on-task measurements to understand student performance in a physics class: A four-year study

    Stewart, J. Stewart, G., & Taylor, J. (2012). Physical Review - Physics Education Research, 8, 010114.

  • Effect of Written Presentation on Performance in Introductory Physics

    Stewart, J. & Ballard, S. (2010). Physics Review - Physics Education Research, 6, 020120.

  • Correcting the Normalized Gain for Student Guessing

    Stewart, J. & Stewart, G. (2010, March). Physics Teacher , 48, 194-196.

  • The Mediating Role of Personality in the Relation of Gender to Self-Efficacy in Physics and Mathematics

    Henderson, R., Hewagallage, D., Follmer, J., Michaluk, L., Deshler, J., Fuller, E., & Stewart, J. (2022). Physical Review: Physics Education Research, 18, 010143. https://journals.aps.org/prper/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010143

  • Supporting Student Success and Persistence in STEM with Active Learning Approaches in Emerging Scholars Classrooms

    Miller, D., Deshler, J., McEldowney, T., Stewart, J., Fuller, E., Pascal, M., & Michaluk, L. (2021). Frontiers in Education, 6, 667918. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.667918

  • Mediational Effect of Prior Preparation on Performance Differences of Students Underrepresented in Physics

    Stewart, J., Cochran, G. L., Henderson, R., Zabriskie, C., DeVore, S., Miller, P., Stewart, G., & Michaluk, L. (2021). Physical Review: Physics Education Research, 17, 010107. 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.010107

  • Using the Social Cognitive Theory Framework to Chart Gender Differences in the Developmental Trajectory of STEM Self-Efficacy in Science and Engineering Students

    Stewart, J., Henderson, R., Michaluk, L., Deshler, J., Fuller, E., & Rambo-Hernandez, K. (2020). Journal of Science Education and Technology, 29(6), 758-773. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-020-09853-5

  • Exploring the Gender Gap in the Conceptual Survey in Electricity and Magnetism

    Henderson, R., Stewart, G., Stewart, J., Michaluk, L., & Traxler, A. (2017). Physical Review: Physics Education Research, 13, 020114.

Teacher Preparation

  • Case studies of successful preservice physics education programs: Physics teacher preparation at the University of Arkansas

    Stewart, J. & Stewart, G. (2015). In C. Sandifer & E. Brewe (Eds.), Recruiting and Educating Future Physics Teachers: Case Studies and Effective (53-62). College Park, MD: American Physical Society.

  • Understanding the Crucial Role of Middle School Counselors in Providing Computer Science Opportunities to Rural Students: A Research-Practice Partnership’s Journey Toward Leveraging the Expertise of RPP Team Members

    Michaluk, L., Mustafa, N., Schmidt, D., Lu, M. Pauley, R., Stewart, G. & Ganter, S. (2025). NNERPP Extra, 7(1), 12 - 24. https://rice.app.box.com/s/cnw0ukppwzt5prlohz24e8r9nxs6cjwt