Academic Papers

Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals

  • Streitwieser, B.; Bryant, F.B.; Drane, D. & Light, G. (2019). Assessing student conceptions of international experience: Developing a validated survey instrument, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, January 2019 , Volume 68, pp 26-43.

  • Streitwieser, B. & Light, G. (2018). Student Conceptions of International Experience in the Study Abroad Context. Higher Education. March 2018, Volume 75, Issue 3, pp 471–487.

  • Basha, S., Drane, D. & Light, G (2016) Adapting the Critical Thinking Assessment Test for Palestinian Universities. Journal of Education and Learning. Vol. 5, No. 2; 2016 (ISSN 1927-5250; E-ISSN 1927-5269

  • Light, G., & Calkins, S. (2015). The experience of academic learning: uneven conceptions of learning across research and teaching. Higher Education: Volume 69, Issue 3 (2015), Page 345-359. (DOI) 10.1007/s10734-014-9779-0

  • Drane, D., Micari, M., & Light, G. (2014). Students as teachers: Effectiveness of a peer-led STEM learning program over 10 years. Educational Research and Evaluation. An International Journal of Theory and Practice. Vol. 20, Issue 3: 210-230.

  • Calkins, S., Johnson, N., & Light, G. (2012). Changing conceptions of teaching in medical faculty. Medical Teacher 34(11):902-6.

  • Streitwieser, B., & Light, G. (2011). When undergraduates teach undergraduates: Conceptions of and approaches to teaching in a peer-led team learning intervention in the STEM disciplines--Results of a two year study. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 22(3), 346–356.

  • Case, J. & Light, G. (January, 2011). Emerging Methodologies in Engineering Education Research. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 100, No. 1: 186–210.

  • Swarat, S., Light G., Park, E-J and Drane D. (2011). A Typology of Undergraduate Students’ Conceptions of Size and Scale: Identifying and Characterizing Conceptual Variation. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 48(5): 512-533.

  • Micari, M., Pazos, P., Streitwieser, B., and Light, G. (2010). Small-group learning in undergraduate STEM disciplines: effect of group type on student achievement. Educational Research & Evaluation, 16: 3: 269 - 286.

  • Streitwieser, B. Light, G., and Pazos, P. (2010). Entering the Community of Practitioners: A Science Research Workshop Model. Change Magazine, May/June 2010: 17-23.

  • Pazos, P., Micari, M., & Light, G. (2010). Developing an instrument to characterize peer-led groups in collaborative learning environments: Assessing problem-solving approach and group interaction. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education: 35(2): 191-208.

  • Roglio, K. & Light, G.(2009 Executive MBA programs: The development of the reflective executive” Academy of Management Learning & Education.Vol. 8, No. 2 June 2009 (156-173).

  • McAlpine, L., Amunsen, C., Clement, M. & Light, G.  (2009) Academic development: Rethinking our underlying assumptions about what we do and why we do it, Studies in Continuing Studies. Vol. 31, No. 3, 261-280.

  • Light, G., Calkins, S., Luna, M., and Drane, D. (2009). Assessing the impact of faculty development programs on faculty approaches to teaching.International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Volume 20, Number 2, 167-179.

  • Drane, D., Swarat, S., Hersam, M., Light, G., & Mason, T. (2009).  An evaluation of the efficacy and transferability of a nanoscience module.  Journal of Nano Education. 1(1), 8–14.

  • McKenna, A., Yalvac, B. & Light, G. (2009) The Role of Collaborative Reflection on Shaping Engineering Faculty Teaching Approaches, Journal of Engineering Education, January 2009, Vol. 98, No. 1, 17-26.

  • Wansom, S., Mason, T., Hersam, M., Drane, D., Light, G.., Cormia, R., Stevens, S., and Bodner, G.., (2009) A Rubric for Post-Secondary Degree Programs in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The International Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 25 No. 3, 615-627.

  • Micari, M., & Light, G. (2008). Reliance to independence: Approaches to learning in peer-led undergraduate STEM workshops. International Journal of Science Education, 1–29.  (DOI 10.1080/09500690802162911.)

  • Park, E-J. & Light, G. (2008). Identifying atomic structure as a threshold concept: student mental models and troublesomeness, in The International Journal of Science Education. 31(2), 233-258.

  • Light, G., Calkins, S., (2008) The Experience of Faculty Development: Patterns of Variation in Conceptions of Teaching. International Journal of Academic Development. Vol. 13 No. 1, (pp 27-40) spring 2008.

  • Micari, M., Light, G., Calkins, S. & Streitweiser, B. (2007). Assessment beyond performance: Phenomenography in educational evaluation.  Journal of American Evaluation. Vol. 28 No. 4, 458-476.

  • Micari, M., Streitwieser, B & Light, G., (2005) Undergraduates Leading Undergraduates: Peer Facilitation in Northwestern University’s Gateway Science Workshop Program, Journal of Innovative Higher Education, Vol. 30(4), 269-288.

  • Drane, D., Smith, H.D., Light, G., & Pinto, L, (2005) The Gateway Science Workshop Program: Enhancing Student Performance and Retention in the Sciences Through Peer-Facilitated Discussion, Journal of Science Education and Technology, 14, 3, September 2005

  • Fleming, V. M., Lipscomb, S., Light, G. & Nielsen, B. (2004). Teaching for learning with technology: A faculty development initiative at a research university. Studies on Education (Estudios sobre Educacion), number 7, December 2004.

  • Swarat, S., Drane D., Smith H.D., Light G., Pinto L. (2004) “Opening the Gateway: Increasing minority student retention in introductory science courses,” Journal of College Science Teaching, September 2004, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1.

  • Hersam, M. C., Luna, M., & Light, G. (2004) “Implementation of interdisciplinary group learning and peer assessment in a nanotechnology engineering course,” Journal of Engineering Education, 93, 49 (2004).

  • Light, G (2002) From the Personal to the Public: Student Conceptions of Creative Writing in Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, Kluwer Academic Publishers. 43(2), pp 257-276, March 2002.

  • Williams, G. & Light G. (1999) “Student Income and Costs of Study in the United Kingdom, European Journal of Education: Research, Development and Policies Volume 34 Number 1 (pp 23-42) March 1999.

  • Light, G. (1996) The Limits of Literature: Creative Writing in the University Classroom, Writing in Education, No. 9, summer, 1996.

  • Light, G. (1996) How Students Understand and Learn Creative Writing in Higher Education, Writing in Education, No. 7, winter, 1996.

  • Light, G. (1995) “Avoiding the Issue: Student Perceptions of Creative Writing,” Writing in Education, No. 5, spring 1995, 5-9.

  • Light, G. (1992) “Creative Writing in Higher Education,” Writing in Education, No. 1 autumn, 1992.

  • Light, G. (1990) Research Questions on Learning and Writing,” The Journal of the Verbal Arts Association, April, 1990.

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Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  • Daragmeh, A-K., Drane, D. Light, G. (2012) Needs assessment and beyond in the setup of centers for teaching and learning excellence: An-Najah University center as a case study, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 47 ( 2012 ) 841 – 847.

  • Swarat, S., Light, G., Park, E.J., & Drane, D. (2011). A variation theory approach to develop learning progressions for engineering concepts. Proceedings of the Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Madrid, Spain.

  • Park, E-J., Light, G., Swarat, S., & Drane, D. (2009). ‘Student awareness of conceptual variations in a key nanoscience concept: Conceptual change in an engineering course’. The Proceedings of the 2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Queensland, Australia. July 20-23. 2009.

  • Swarat, S., Light, G., Park, E-J., & Drane, D. (2009). ‘Unpacking student conceptions of surface area to volume ratio in the nanoscience context: An empirical application of the construct-centered design framework’. The Proceedings of the 2009 Research in Engineering Education Symposium, Queensland, Australia. July 20-23. 2009.

  • Park, E-J., Light, G., Swarat, S., & Drane, D. (2009). ‘Understanding Learning Progression in Student Conceptualization of Atomic Structure by Variation Theory for Learning’. The Proceedings of the Learning Progressions in Science Conference, Iowa City, IA. June 24-26, 2009.

  • Swarat, S., Light, G., Park, E-J., & Drane, D. (2009). ‘Progression Through Aspects of Variation: An alternative approach to construct learning progressions’.  The Proceedings of the Learning Progressions in Science Conference, Iowa City, IA. June 24-26, 2009.

  • Park, E-J., Swarat, S., Light, G., & Drane, D. (2009). ‘The impact of a teaching intervention for Size and Scale on conceptual variations’. The Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Garden Grove, CA. April 17- 21, 2009.

  • Light, G., Swarat, S., Park, E-J. & Drane, D. (2007) ‘Student understanding of “surface area to volume ratio” and its relationship to property change in the nano-science engineering context’. The Proceedings of the Research in Engineering Education Symposium, July 7-10, 2007, Davos, Switzerland.

  • Park, E-J., & Light, G. (2008). Exploring the troublesome nature of college student mental models of atomic structure: A bottom-up approach to identifying a threshold concept. Proceedings of the Threshold Concepts Conference. June 18-20, 2008. Queens University, Kingston, Canada.

  • Park, E-J., & Light, G. (2008). Identifying threshold concepts in learning nano-science by using concept maps and students’ responses to an open-ended survey. Proceedings of the Threshold Concepts Conference. June 18-20, 2008. Queens University, Kingston, Canada.

  • Park, E-J., Light, G., & Mason, T. (2008). Identifying threshold concepts in learning nano-science by using concept maps and students’ responses to an open-ended interview. Proceedings of the International Conference for the Learning Sciences, June 24-28, 2008. Utrecht, Netherlands.

  • Stevens, S, Krajcik, J., Shin, N., Pellegrino, J., Geier, S., Swarat, S., Light, G.,  Park, E-J., Delgado, C., Drane, D., Song, M., Quintana, C., Shipley, E., López Silva, B., Daly, S., Wischow, E., Moher, T., Cahill, C., Szeto, A., Unterman, N., Lauhon, L., Hagedorn, E (2008) Using construct-centered design to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment development in emerging science.  Cre8ing a learning world: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference for the Learning Sciences, ICLS '08, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 23-28, 2008, Volume 3.

  • Swarat, S., Light, G., Park, E-J., & Drane, D. (2008). Applying Construct-centered design to curriculum, instruction, and assessment development in nanoscale Science and Engineering. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, June 24-28, 2008. Utrecht, Netherlands.

  • Light, G., Swarat, S., Park, E-J., Drane, D., Tevaarwerk, E., & Mason, T. (2007) Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Conceptions of a Core Nanoscience Concept: Size and Scale, in The Proceedings of the International Conference on Research in Engineering Education, June 23-24, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  • Pazos, P.; Drane, D.; Light, G. and Munkeby, A. (2007) A Peer-Led Team Learning Program for Freshmen Engineering Students: Impact on Retention in the proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.

  • Light, G. & Luna M. (2007) Teaching Teachers: Drawing on Research to Enhance Faculty Approaches to Teaching, Proceedings of the Reinvention Center Conference: Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and the Multiple Functions of the Research University, Washington DC, November 9th, 2006.

  • Light, G. (1999) Conceiving Creative Writing in Higher Education. Proceedings of the Creative Writing Conference: Sheffield Hallam, March 20-21st, 1999

  • Light, G. (1998) The Professionalization of Teaching in Higher Education, Learning Matters No.2 (p 1-4) Institute of Education, University of London.