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Questions on Cue: Improving classroom practice through better question writing

Constructed response questions gather valuable data but are not often used. This article lists the problems with these questions and addresses the problems by "cueing" the questions—sending a signal to begin a specific action. By cueing the respons...

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Presenting Science in a Video-Delivered, Web-Based Format

The authors offered a course entitled Science and Technology in Society to high school students using live video presentations and World Wide Web courseware. Distance-learning high school students performed as well as traditional and distance-learnin...

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Teaching Inquiry Skills Using Rainsticks

South American tribes created rainsticks—percussion instruments made from bamboo or dried cactus filled with rice—to appeal to the gods in hopes of bringing rain. In Africa, rainsticks are musical instruments. In the Caribbean, they are used in c...

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Idea Bank

The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank learn about science mnemonics, lighting the way with Christmas tree lights, science with statistical applications, bacterial growth an...

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After the Bell: Adopting and observing

Much of science requires long periods of observation, but students in traditional classrooms have limited opportunities to make scientific observations. An "adoption journal" provides practice in making these detailed observations in an unobtrusive, ...

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Editor's Roundtable: Invest in yourself

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts on the benefits of joining professional organizations....

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Literary Science

In this article, students gain a better understanding of the subject matter through reading and debating. As a means of learning science through literature, the goal is to encourage students to think about how our actions affect the world around us....

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Research and Teaching: An Experimental Project Approach to Biology

In the study described in this article, the author examined the educational benefits of an experimental project approach to students taking the last course of the introductory sequence, Biology 103. Educational benefits were defined in terms of analy...

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Teaching Science to English-as-Second-Language Learners

This article presents teaching, learning, and assessment strategies for English-as-Second-Language (ESL) or Limited-English Proficiency (LEP) students. It relates to the National Science Education Standards’ Teaching Standard B: Teachers of science...