Colorado State University

The following selected papers have been published as part of – or in collaboration with – our NSF Noyce Grants:

Cicchino, A. S., Weinberg, A. E., McMeeking, L. B. S., & Balgopal, M. M. (2023). Critical pedagogy of place to enhance ecological engagement activities. Conservation Biology, 37(2), e14023.

Conlon, M. M., Balgopal, M. M., Bruyere, B. L., Wright, D. S., Crooks, K. R., & Solerno, J. (2024). Who teaches place-based education: Identifying relationships between environmental value orientations and pedagogical values. Environmental Education Research, 1–16. 

Diaz‐Clark, E. D., Otto, J. L., Wright, D. S., Lin Hunter, D. E., Sample McMeeking, L. B., Weinberg, A. E., & Balgopal, M. M. (2024). Under pressure: How do science teachers use capital to achieve agency during turbulent times? Science Education, 108(3), 680–700.

Ode, A. B., Rieders, N. F., Ode, P. J., & Balgopal, M. M. (2025). Improving visual literacy skills: Reading between the lines, bars, dots, and images. The Science Teacher, 92(4), 42–48.

Weinberg, A. E., Balgopal, M. M., & Sample McMeeking, L. B. (2021). Professional growth and identity development of STEM teacher educators in a community of practice. International journal of science and mathematics education, 19(Suppl 1), 99-120.

Wright, D. S., Crooks, K. R., & Balgopal, M. M. (2022, July). Wildlife photographs: Seeing, caring, and learning through place-based education. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 7, p. 910324). Frontiers Media SA.

Wright, D. S., Crooks, K. R., Hunter, D. O., Krumm, C. E., & Balgopal, M. M. (2021). Middle school science teachers’ agency to implement place-based education curricula about local wildlife. Environmental Education Research, 27(10), 1519-1537.