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Book Chapter
This chapter, by Sarah B. Boesdorfer, discusses how firsthand experience learning chemistry content, while engaged in science and engineering practices or crosscutting concepts, helps preservice teachers experience the type of instruction they will e...
Book Chapter
This chapter, by Michael A. Gibson, discusses an adaptable instruction activity used in undergraduate Earth science courses with preservice teachers to illustrate the gains in conceptual understanding that result from firsthand data collection and an...
Book Chapter
Challenges in Undergraduate Science Teaching for Prospective Teachers
This chapter, by Jay B. Labov, begins with a focus on the ways in which recent K–12 educational initiatives, such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are likely to affect teaching and learning of STEM (science, technology, engineering,...
Book Chapter
Harnessing the Business Community and Other Entities to Support the Vision of the NGSS
This chapter is by Chih-Che Tai, Ryan Nivens, Laura Robertson, Karin Keith, Anant Godbole, and Jack Rhoton....
NSTA Press Book
Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K-12
Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K–12 will help your students truly understand concepts such as motion, energy, and magnetism in true-to-life contexts. The book offers a comprehensive description of why, how, and when to im...
By Tom J. McConnell, Joyce Parker, Janet Eberhardt