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Journal Article

Best Science Books of 2019

By Chris Anderson

High School General Science Literacy

Journal Article

Emphasizing Physics Concepts With Cartoons, Part II

By PAUL G. HEWITT

High School Physics

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: COVID-19: Don’t Panic but Know the Science, March 25, 2020

Turn on any TV, look on social media and you’ll hear about the coronavirus and COVID-19 but what do you really need to know about it?  Join NSTA for a web seminar to learn more of the science about what this virus is, where it came from, and h...

Virtual Conference

Picture-Perfect Science Online Course, Sep 2020

A Picture-Perfect Science Online Course includes:...

Journal Article

Discovering Diversity

By Christine Anne Royce

Elementary Biology Literacy

NSTA Press Book

Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom

New in 2020!“Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom practitioners to reflect the latest th...

By Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, Jen Gutierrez

Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers Preschool STEM Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

An Introvert’s Perspective: Analyzing the Impact of Active Learning on Multiple Levels of Class Social Personalities in an Upper Level Biology Course

With calls to reassess higher education teaching methods, active learning practices have quickly become a popular alternative to traditional lectures, especially in STEM courses that traditionally rely heavily on large-lecture formats. In this rega...

By William C. Beckerson, Jennifer O. Anderson, John D. Perpich , and Debbie Yoder-Himes

Postsecondary

Journal Article

Building First-Year Science Writing Skills With an Embedded Writing Instruction Program

An important foundational skill developed in an undergraduate science program is the ability to find, critically evaluate, and communicate scientific information. Effective science communication depends on good writing; therefore, we leveraged stud...

By David Dansereau, L. E. Carmichael, and Brian Hotson

Postsecondary

Journal Article

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Using Team-Based Learning in the Science Classroom

With an overwhelming amount of research and a demand for collaborative learning in the classroom, teachers are tackling challenges at all educational levels that often accompany the social aspects of group work. Team-Based Learning (TBL) is an inst...

By Virginia J. Moore, Elizabeth Mitchell Prewitt, Amber Jean Carpenter-McCullough, and Brooke A. Whitworth

Postsecondary

Journal Article

Clickers Are Not Enough: Results of a Decade-Long Study Investigating Instructional Strategies in Chemistry

Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clickers to improve student learning performance. To fill a gap in the research, we analyzed three diffe...

By David J. Weiss, Patrick McGuire, Wendi Clouse, and Raphael Sandoval

Postsecondary

Journal Article

How Does Climate Change Affect Oyster Populations?

By Jane Wolfson, Mary Stapleton, and Asli Sezen-Barrie

High School