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Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 19, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar
Archive: NSTA Teacher Awards – Recognizing Excellence Rewarded, October 27, 2022
Did you come up with an innovative way to teach a lesson? Have you devoted your life to promoting science and the teaching of science? Did you successfully transform science teaching in your classroom? If you answered yes to any of these questions, t...
Web Seminar
Science learning, there is also an emerging body of research demonstrating the role and potential for museums to support the learning of both preservice and in-service teachers. Join us for a lively discussion with panelists from three...
Web Seminar
Archive: Transforming Science Education Through Service to NSTA, September 22, 2022
Question…What do you think the “face of success” looks like? We think it looks like YOU volunteering your time, providing your viewpoints, and applying your experiences. NSTA’s goal is to create a governing body that represents t...
Web Seminar
Strategic partnerships that bring together schools and other organizations–such as museums–have the potential to transform learning in ways that neither partner can accomplish alone. Explore the process, products, and outcomes of such collaborati...
Reports Article
Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 12, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
Reports Article
Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, April 5, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
Reports Article
Freebies for Science and STEM Teachers/From the Field, March 29, 2022
By Debra Shapiro
Web Seminar
Archive: Integrate NSTA in Your Course When Teaching Pre-service Teachers, April 28, 2022
Hundreds of instructors of pre-service teachers of science use NSTA's journal articles, book chapters, web seminars, lesson plans, discussion forums, professional learning units, and interactive e-books+ professional each semester to help their stude...
Web Seminar
The last visible eclipses in the continental U.S. until 2045 will be on Saturday, October 14, 2023 and Monday, April 8, 2024. While the annular eclipse (October 2023) and total eclipse (April 2024) will only be visible in a narrow band about 100 mile...
Journal Article
In this study, we analyzed the literature on teaching or learning on a topic in Earth science, environmental science, or climate change between 1995 and 2017. We investigated the length of the intervention, intervention setting and instructional leve...
By Gillian M. Puttick, Brian Drayton, and Christina Silva
Journal Article
This article looks at the effects of environmental factors such as classification, residence location, and employment status of Hispanic students who unsuccessfully completed first-semester general chemistry (Chem I) at a Hispanic-Serving or emerging...
By Blain Mamiya, Cynthia B. Powell, G. Robert Shelton, Anton Dubrovskiy, Adrian Villalta-Cerdas, Susan Broadway, Rebecca Weber, and Diana Mason
Journal Article
The Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT) is a web-based classroom observation protocol developed for higher education STEM courses and based on research on evidence-based practices. The low-inference and objective nature of the SPOT and visu...
By Cara H. Theisen, Cassandra A. Paul, and Katrina Roseler
Journal Article
Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities
Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field. The College Educational Quali...
By Corbin M. Campbell