Meg Blanchard

Graduate STEM students as role models for high school students

Topliceanu, A.-M., McCance, K. R., Blanchard, M. R., & Sollinger, J. (2025, May 16). Frontiers in Education, Vol. 10.

Rural families’ at-home STEM tinkering stimulates creativity, self-expression, and social–emotional engagement

Gutierrez, K. S., Swanson, K. J., & Blanchard, M. R. (2025, April 15). Frontiers in Education, Vol. 10.

Graduate Student Resilience: Exploring Influential Success Factors in U.S. Graduate Education through Survey Analysis

Collier, K. M., & Blanchard, M. R. (2024, August 13). Trends in Higher Education, Vol. 3, pp. 637–680.

Measuring the Interdisciplinarity and Collaboration Perceptions of U.S. Scientists, Engineers, and Educators

McCance, K. R., & Blanchard, M. (2024, January 1). AERA Open, Vol. 10.

Transfer Students’ Perceptions of Science and Engineering Internships

Sustainability, 16(15), 6429.

Educator beliefs and organizational constraints: Factors that influence informal education about fish consumption advisories in a southeastern US state

Gray, K. M., Blanchard, M. R., & LePrevost, C. E. (2023, September 27). Sustainable Environment, Vol. 9.

Fluffy, Fluffier, and Fluffiest: Creating and Testing Biodegradable Starch Packing Peanuts

Journal of Chemical Education, 100(10), 4031–4039.

Investigating Graduate Students’ Experiences through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)

Collier, K., & Blanchard, M. (2023, December 12). Trends in Higher Education.

Observing Microplastics in the Environment through Citizen-Science-Inspired Laboratory Investigations

Journal of Chemical Education, 100(5), 2067–2079.

Using Activity Theory to understand the interactions of a university interdisciplinary team of scientists and science educators

Studies in Higher Education, 48(6), 892–909.

Why Do Students Attend STEM Clubs, What Do They Get Out of It, and Where Are They Heading?

Blanchard, M. R., Gutierrez, K. S., Swanson, K. J., & Collier, K. M. (2023, May 10). Education Sciences, Vol. 13.

“We're all like one big family”: How teacher-coaches' after-school PLC's influence STEM Club success

Swanson, K. J., Blanchard, M. R., & Gutierrez, K. S. (2023, August 8). Learning Culture and Social Interaction, Vol. 42.

Investigating the Experiences, Beliefs, and Career Intentions of Historically Underrepresented Science and Engineering Undergraduates Engaged in an Academic and Internship Program

Sustainability, 14(3), 1486.

What effective design strategies do rural, underserved students in STEM clubs value while learning about climate change?

Gutierrez, K. S., Blanchard, M. R., & Busch, K. C. (2022, February 8). Environmental Education Research, Vol. 1.

Why Olympiad: Investigating Motivations and Benefits of Coaching Elementary Science Olympiad

Journal of Science Teacher Education, 34(1), 63–85.

Modeling a Biorefinery: Converting Pineapple Waste to Bioproducts and Biofuel

Journal of Chemical Education, 98(6), 2047–2054.

Eliciting Students’ Voices Through STEM Career Explorations

Kier, M. W., & Blanchard, M. R. (2020, January 10). International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, Vol. 19, pp. 151–169.

Informal STEM program learning

In Handbook of Research on STEM Education (pp. 138–151). http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098224497&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Contextual Choices in Online Physics Problems: Promising Insights Into Closing the Gender Gap

Wheeler, S. R., & Blanchard, M. R. (2019, March 29). Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10.

District Strategic Teaming: Leadership for Systemic and Sustainable Reform

Alsbury, T. L., Blanchard, M. R., Gutierrez, K. S., Allred, C. M., & Tolin, A. D. (2018, December 8). Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, Vol. 3, pp. 139–177.

Why Teach With PBL? Motivational Factors Underlying Middle and High School Teachers’ Use of Problem-Based Learning

Lee, H.-C., & Blanchard, M. R. (2018, October 30). Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, Vol. 13.

Fostering Impactful Research Experiences for Teachers (RETs)

Blanchard, M. R., & Sampson, V. D. (2017, November 15). Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education, Vol. 14, pp. 447–465.

Investigating Technology-Enhanced Teacher Professional Development in Rural, High-Poverty Middle Schools

Educational Researcher, 45(3), 207–220.

How high school students construct or create animations about water boiling

Application of Visual Data in K-16 Science Classrooms, 191–216.

Personal Goals and Perceived Barriers of Farmworker Pesticide Trainers: Implications for Workplace Safety and Health

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 20(4), 267–282.

Beliefs of science educators who teach pesticide risk to farmworkers

International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, Vol. 8, pp. 587–609.

The Development of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS)

Kier, M. W., Blanchard, M. R., Osborne, J. W., & Albert, J. L. (2013, November 19). Research in Science Education, Vol. 44, pp. 461–481.

Engaging Latino Farmworkers in the Development of Symbols to Improve Pesticide Safety and Health Education and Risk Communication

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 15(5), 975–981.

Science teachers and scientific argumentation: Trends in views and practice

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 49(9), 1122–1148.

Differential Use of Elementary Science Kits

Jones, G., Robertson, L., Gardner, G. E., Dotger, S., & Blanchard, M. R. (2011, August 5). International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 34, pp. 2371–2391.

Random Responding from Participants is a Threat to the Validity of Social Science Research Results

Osborne, J. W., & Blanchard, M. R. (2011, January 1). Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 1.

The Pesticide Risk Beliefs Inventory: A Quantitative Instrument for the Assessment of Beliefs about Pesticide Risks

LePrevost, C. E., Blanchard, M. R., & Cope, W. G. (2011, June 1). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 8, pp. 1923–1935.

Exploring the Construct of Pedagogical Discontentment: A Tool to Understand Science Teachers’ Openness to Reform

Southerland, S. A., Sowell, S., Blanchard, M., & Granger, E. M. (2010, March 22). Research in Science Education, Vol. 41, pp. 299–317.

Is inquiry possible in light of accountability?: A quantitative comparison of the relative effectiveness of guided inquiry and verification laboratory instruction

Blanchard, M. R., Southerland, S. A., Osborne, J. W., Sampson, V. D., Annetta, L. A., & Granger, E. M. (2010, March 11). Science Education, Vol. 94, pp. 577–616.

The Problem with Reform from the Bottom up: Instructional practises and teacher beliefs of graduate teaching assistants following a reform‐minded university teacher certificate programme

Addy, T. M., & Blanchard, M. R. (2009, June 30). International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 32, pp. 1045–1071.

No silver bullet for inquiry: Making sense of teacher change following an inquiry‐based research experience for teachers

Blanchard, M. R., Southerland, S. A., & Granger, E. M. (2008, July 14). Science Education, Vol. 93, pp. 322–360.