of biology education research
Publications
2022
Dulai, K.S., Kranzfelder, P., Signorini, A., Pusey, T.S., Presas Valencia, A. Urbina, C. and Oviedo, N.J. (2022). Collaborative Teaching plus (CT+): A Timely, Flexible, and Dynamic Course Design Implemented during Emergency Remote Teaching in an Introductory Biology Course. CBE - Life Sciences Education 21(4). https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-08-0199
Denaro, K., Kranzfelder, P., Owens, M.T., Sato, B., Zuckerman, A.L., Hardesty, R.A, Signorini, A., Aebersold, A., Verma, M., & Lo, S.M. (2022). Predicting implementation of active learning by tenure-track teaching faculty using robust cluster analysis. International Journal of STEM Education 9(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00365-9
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Donham, C., Barron, H. A., Alkhouri, J. S., Changaran Kumarath, M., Alejandro, W., Menke, E., & Kranzfelder, P. (2022). I will teach you here or there, I will try to teach you anywhere: Perceived supports and barriers for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of STEM Education, 9(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-022-00335-1
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Donham, C., Pohan, C., Menke, E., & Kranzfelder, P. (2022). Increasing student engagement through course attributes, community, and classroom technology: lessons from the pandemic. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 23(1), e00268-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00268-21
2021
Pusey, T. S., Valencia, A. P., Signorini, A., & Kranzfelder, P. (2021). Breakout Rooms, Polling, and Chat, Oh My! The Development and Validation of Online COPUS. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.21.453286
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Alkhouri, J. S., Donham, C., Pusey, T. S., Signorini, A., Stivers, A. H., & Kranzfelder, P. (2021). Look Who's Talking: Teaching and Discourse Practices across Discipline, Position, Experience, and Class Size in STEM College Classrooms. BioScience, 71(10), 1063-1078. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab077
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Bouchard, R., Kranzfelder, P., & Anderson, A. (2021). Leonard C. Ferrington, Jr. (1948-2021): Chironomid cognoscente and modern-day Renaissance man. CHIRONOMUS Journal of Chironomidae Research, (34). https://doi.org/10.5324/cjcr.v0i34.4598
2020
Kranzfelder, P., Bankers-Fulbright, J. L., García-Ojeda, M. E., Melloy, M., Mohammed, S., & Warfa, A. R. M. (2020). Undergraduate biology instructors still use mostly teacher-centered discourse even when teaching with active learning strategies. BioScience, 70(10), 901-913. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa077
2019
Kranzfelder, P., Lo, A. T., Melloy, M. P., Walker, L. E., & Warfa, A. R. M. (2019). Instructional practices in reformed undergraduate STEM learning environments: A study of instructor and student behaviors in biology courses. International Journal of Science Education, 41(14), 1944-1961. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2019.1649503
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Kranzfelder, P., Bankers-Fulbright, J. L., García-Ojeda, M. E., Melloy, M., Mohammed, S., & Warfa, A. R. M. (2019). The Classroom Discourse Observation Protocol (CDOP): A quantitative method for characterizing teacher discourse moves in undergraduate STEM learning environments. PloS one, 14(7), e0219019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219019
2018
Kranzfelder, P., & Ferrington Jr, L. C. (2018). Chironomidae (Diptera) species diversity of estuaries across a land use gradient on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical, 66(3), 1118-1134. http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v66i3.31927
2017
Kranzfelder, P., Ekrem, T., & Stur, E. (2017). DNA barcoding for species identification of insect skins: A test on Chironomidae (Diptera) pupal exuviae. Journal of Insect Science, 17(6), 111. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iex075
2016
Kranzfelder, P., & Ferrington Jr, L. C. (2016). Temporal and spatial variability of Chironomidae (Diptera) species emergence in a Neotropical estuary. Freshwater Science, 35(2), 631-643. https://doi.org/10.1086/685907
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Kranzfelder, P., Ekrem, T., & Stur, E. (2016). Trace DNA from insect skins: a comparison of five extraction protocols and direct PCR on chironomid pupal exuviae. Molecular Ecology Resources, 16(1), 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12446
2015
Kranzfelder, P., Anderson, A. M., Egan, A. T., Mazack, J. E., Bouchard Jr, R. W., Rufer, M. M., & Ferrington Jr, L. C. (2015). Use of Chironomidae (Diptera) surface-floating pupal exuviae as a rapid bioassessment protocol for water bodies. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (101), e52558. doi:10.3791/52558
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Kranzfelder, P., & Ferrington, L. C. (2015). Characterization of Chironomidae (Diptera) surface-floating pupal exuviae sample sort time from coastal tropical aquatic systems. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187(3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4313-0
2014
Anderson, A., Kranzfelder, P., Egan, A., & Ferrington Jr, L. C. (2014). A survey of Neotropical Chironomidae (Diptera) on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Florida Entomologist, 304-308. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24362475
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Mazack, J. E., Kranzfelder, P., Anderson, A. M., Bouchard Jr, R. W., Perry, J., Vondracek, B., & Ferrington Jr, L. C. (2014). Survivorship and longevity of adult Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski, 1915 (Diptera: Chironomidae) at controlled, sub-freezing temperatures. Aquatic Insects, 36(1), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2014.990040
2013
​Anderson, A. M., Kranzfelder, P., Bouchard Jr, R. W., & Ferrington Jr, L. C. (2013). Survivorship and longevity of Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski (Diptera: Chironomidae) under snow. Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, 45(1), e6-e6. doi:10.4081/jear.2013.e6