Melissa K. Kjelvik

Michigan State University — United States

Mathematics · Physical Sciences

6h-index499citations16works2.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Statistics Education and Methodologies(7), Science Education and Pedagogy(5), Experimental Learning in Engineering(3), Animal and Plant Science Education(3), Science Education and Perceptions(3)

Publications16 total

Bridging the gap: increasing accessibility to authentic learning in undergraduate education
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education·2025Open Access
Quantitative Reasoning in the Context of Science Phenomena
The American Biology Teacher·2025
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses
CBE—Life Sciences Education·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
“Scientists are People too”: Biology Students Relate More to Scientists When They are Humanized in Course Materials
CBE—Life Sciences Education·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
More than a token photo: humanizing scientists enhances student engagement
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Effects of Data Nuggets on Student Interest in STEM Careers, Self-efficacy in Data Tasks, and Ability to Construct Scientific Explanations
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education·2022· 15 cited
Big data, big changes? The technologies and sources of data used in science classrooms
British Journal of Educational Technology·2022· 33 cited
Big Data, Big Changes? A Survey of K-12 Science Teachers in the United States on Which Data Sources and Tools They Use in the Classroom
2021· 1 cited
Using Messy, Authentic Data to Promote Data Literacy & Reveal the Nature of Science
The American Biology Teacher·2020· 25 cited
Getting Messy with Authentic Data: Exploring the Potential of Using Data from Scientific Research to Support Student Data Literacy
CBE—Life Sciences Education·2019· 119 citedOpen Access
Secondary students’ development of scientific arguments: Shifts happen
2019· 2 cited
Using authentic scientific data to improve quantitative reasoning in ecology and evolutionary biology
QUBES·2017Open Access
Data Nuggets
The American Biology Teacher·2015· 38 cited
The ecological consequences of foraging boldness in juvenile bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)
Michigan State University Libraries·2015Open Access
Fish behavioral types and their ecological consequences
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences·2014· 251 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Elizabeth H. Schultheis(13), Louise S. Mead(4), Molly A. M. Stuhlsatz(4), Ash T. Zemenick(4), Robin A. Costello(4), Cissy J. Ballen(4), Rachel M. Youngblood(3), Emily P. Driessen(3), Marjorie G. Weber(3), Joshua M. Rosenberg(2), Aaron M. Reedy(2), Omiya Sultana(2), Alexa R. Warwick(2), Gary G. Mittelbach(1), Nick Ballew(1), Jeffrey Snowden(1), May Lee(1), Sharday N. Ewell(1), Paula E. Adams(1), Maurina L. Aranda(1)