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Favorite Demonstration: MOS -- The Critical Elements of Doing Effective Classroom Demonstrations
There is a wealth of evidence showing that students can remember many of their science class demonstrations for countless years. This is a good testimony to the emotional impact of demonstrations. One way to make them into an effective teaching str...
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Society for College Science Teachers: Is Academic Freedom a Threat to Teaching Introductory Science?
As academics we value different viewpoints, the right and need to pursue scholarly interests, and the importance of discussing controversial topics as a means of engaging students, promoting critical thinking, and helping students mature intellectual...
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The ESA21 Project: A Model for Civic Engagement
Making the content of a course interesting to students can be quite a challenge for an instructor. Making the content of a required general education science course interesting to nonscience majors can be near to impossible. A lack of interest in a s...
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Changing the Learning Environment in Large General Education Astronomy Classes
The gradual, ongoing transformation of a large general education astronomy class is presented. Emphasis is on student reaction to and academic impact of changes in the teaching/learning environment introduced over a five-year period. In-class, cooper...
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Case Study: The Business End of Cases
This article takes a retrospective look at how the folks in business schools look at the case method. The legacy of cases in business may seem short in the eyes of some but it is positively ancient when compared to the use of the case study in the s...
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A Message from the NSTA President: A New Era for NSTA Conventions
NSTA has unveiled a new name--and an enriched format--for its time-honored conventions. The NSTA national and area conventions will now be called NSTA Conferences on Science Education. Teachers will benefit from the wealth of information contained in...