Peer-Reviewed Work
Peer-reviewed Publications
Nehm, R. H., Finch, S., Sbeglia, G. C. (2022) Is active learning enough? The contributions of misconception-focused instruction and active-learning dosage on student learning of evolution. BioScience.
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H. (2022) Measuring evolution learning: Impacts of student participation incentives and test timing. Evolution: Education and Outreach 15.
Sbeglia, G. C., Goodridge, J. A., Gordon, L. H., Nehm, R. H. (2021) Are faculty changing? How reform frameworks, sampling intensities, and instrument measures impact inferences about student-centered teaching practices. CBE - Life Sciences Education 20.
Gericke, N., El-Hani, C. N., Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H., Menezes Evangelista, N. A. (2021) Is belief in genetic determinism similar across countries? In: Genetics Education. Haskel-Ittah, M., Yarden, A. (eds). Springer: New York.
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H. (2020) Illuminating the complexities of conflict with evolution: validation of the scales of evolutionary conflict measure (SECM). Evolution: Education and Outreach 13: 23.
Kinlock, N., Foley, C. Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H. (2020) A lesson on matter and energy at the organismal scale: Linking patterns and processes across diverse taxa. CourseSource 7. DOI: 10.24918/cs.2020.42
Tornabene, R. E., Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H. (2020) Measuring belief in genetic determinism: A Rasch analysis of the PUGGS instrument. Science & Education 29: 1621–1657.
Fiedler, D., Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H., Harms, U. (2019) How strongly does statistical reasoning influence knowledge and acceptance of evolution? Journal of Research in Science Teaching 56: 1183–1206.
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H. (2019) Do you see what I-SEA? A Rasch analysis of the psychometric properties of the Inventory of Student Evolution Acceptance. Science Education. 103: 287–316.
Beggrow, E., Sbeglia, G. C. (2019). Do disciplinary contexts impact the learning of evolution? Assessing knowledge and misconceptions in anthropology and biology students? Evolution: Education and Outreach 12:1.
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R. H. (2018). Measuring evolution acceptance using the GAENE: Influences of gender, race, degree-plan, and instruction. Evolution: Education and Outreach 11:18.
Lee, U. J., Sbeglia, G. C., Ha, M., Finch, S. J., Nehm, R. H. (2015) Clicker score trajectories and concept inventory scores as early predictors of student success in large introductory science courses. Journal of Science Education and Technology 24: 848–860.
Cahill, A. E., Aiello-Lammens, M. E., Fisher-Reid, M. C., Hua, X., Karanewsky, C. J., Ryu, H. Y., Sbeglia, G. C., Spagnolo, F., Waldron, J. B., Warsi, O., Wiens, J. J. (2013) How does climate change cause extinction? Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 2012–1890.
Cahill, A. E., Aiello-Lammens, M. E., Fisher-Reid, M. C., Hua, X., Karanewsky, C. J., Ryu, H. Y., Sbeglia, G. C., Spagnolo, F., Waldron, J. B., Warsi, O., Wiens, J. J. (2013) Causes of warm-edge range limits: systematic review, proximate factors, and implications for climate change. Journal of Biogeography 41: 429–442.
Sbeglia, G. C., Tang-Martinez, Z., Sussman, R. W. (2010) Effects of food, proximity, and kinship on the social behavior of ringtailed lemurs. American Journal of Primatology 72: 981–991.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R.H. (April 2023) Does evolution coursework mitigate, maintain, or exacerbate educational debt? Equity implications in the evolutionary sciences. Accepted paper presentation at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference.
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R.H. (March 2022) A mixed-methods study of the importance of family-level variables to evolution-related perspectives and careers in Black undergraduates. Paper presentation at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, online.
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R.H. (April 2021) The impact of biology instruction on evolution acceptance and conflict in underrepresented minority undergraduates. Poster presented at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, online.
Sbeglia, G. C., Goodridge, J.*, Gordon, L.*, Nehm, R. H. (April 2021) Measuring faculty enactment of evidence‐based teaching in undergraduate STEM: The role of observation sampling intensity. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), online.
*mentored undergraduate student
Feilder, D., Sbeglia, G.C., Harms, U., Nehm, R.H. (March 2020**) Threshold concepts in novices' and experts' evolutionary explanations. Paper accepted for presentation at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Portland, OR.
**conference canceled due to COVID-19
Goodridge, J.*, Gordon, L.* Nehm, R. H., Sbeglia, G. C. (March 2020**) Are faculty changing? Sampling effects on measures of instructor adoption of evidence-based teaching practices. Paper accepted for presentation at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Portland, OR.
*mentored undergraduate student
**conference canceled due to COVID-19
Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R.H. (March 2019) Measuring evolution acceptance using the GAENE: Influences of gender, race, degree-plan, and instruction. Paper presented at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Tornabene, R., Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R.H. (March 2019) A cross-cultural comparison of the relationship between genetic knowledge and belief in genetic determinism across social, biological, and taxonomic contexts. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Shapiro, D., Sbeglia, G. C., Nehm, R.H. (March 2019) Measuring science motivation with the SMQ II: Testing validity inferences using a Rasch analysis framework. Paper presented at the international meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Baltimore, MD.
Fiedler, D., Nehm, R. H., Sbeglia, G. C., Harms, U. (March 2018) The Role of Statistical Thinking in Learning, Understanding, and Accepting Evolution. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Colton, J. Sbeglia, G. C., Finch, S., Nehm, R. H. (April 2018) A quasi-experimental study of short- and long-term learning of evolution in misconception-focused classes. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) International conference. New York, NY.
Sbeglia, G., Nehm, R. H. (March 2017) Does Evolution Acceptance Differ across Biological Scales? A Rasch Analysis of the I- SEA. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Wang X., Colton, J., Sbeglia, G. C., Finch, F. J., Nehm, R. H. (April 2017) Longitudinal learning dynamics and the conceptual restructuring of evolutionary understanding. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Lee, U., Sbeglia, G. C., Ha, M., Finch, S., Nehm, R. H. (April 2015) Clicker Score Trajectories and Concept Inventory Scores as Predictors of Student Success in Science Courses. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.
Sbeglia, G. C., Ha, M., Nehm, R. H. (April 2015) Student learning about evolution in a misconception-focused vs. traditional undergraduate biology class. Poster presented at the National Association for Research in Science Education (NARST) Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.