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Journal Article
This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. ...
By Lester Paldy
Journal Article
Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions
This month's Two-Year Community column describes how Geo-Launchpad, a program funded by the NSF, exposes students to internships and research opportunities that promote postsecondary education or workforce employment in the geosciences. ...
By Jamie Pawloski and Patrick Shabram
Journal Article
In this article, the authors explore the opportunity structure in a physics course to identify differences in perception of classroom community among students. ...
By Michael Brown and Robert M. DeMonbrun
Journal Article
Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task
This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science design task focused on composting. ...
By Jeffrey D. Radloff, Selcen Guzey, David Eichinger, and Brenda M. Capobianco
Journal Article
An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I: Impact on Course Performance and Study Behavior
This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. ...
By Edith Rosales, Alla Chavarga, Evan Grandoit, Shoshana Mayer, Natasha Hackman, Milushka Elbulok-Charcape, Alison C. Domzalski, and Gail Horowitz
Journal Article
The Efficacy of Flipped Laboratory Multiperspective Videos in Skill Acquisition
This article describes a a multiperspective video approach. ...
By Kevin W. Davies
Journal Article
Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges
Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) faculty by building expertise in le...
By Melissa Vosen Callens, Paul Kelter, Jill Motschenbacher, James Nyachwaya, Jared L. Ladbury, and Anna M. Semanko
Book Chapter
Rethinking Development and Learning
This chapter starts with the research on learning and cognition. It takes you through some of the emerging ideas about students’ intellectual abilities in terms of developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science research and the impli...
Book Chapter
Connecting Hands-On With Minds-On Experiences
This chapter shows why the exact placement of activities in instruction is pivotal in learning and compares two different hands-on approaches. Assertions are provided about why “explore-before-explain” teaching is beneficial for learners with abu...
Book Chapter
Modern Sequences of Instruction
This chapter discusses the key components of two contemporary sequences of science instruction. You will read about the phases of the Predict, Observe, and Explain (POE) and 5E instructional models. The activity boxes included are aimed at helping yo...
Book Chapter
Content and Process Working Together
This chapter describes the construction of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Some activities are shared to reflect on the lessons you currently use and the connections to components of the NGSS. The activity box included is meant to provi...
Book Chapter
This chapter provides guidance on how you can create 5Es that translate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Activities are presented following each factor that you should consider when planning 5Es and offer some planning ideas to design �...
Book Chapter
Teaching About Heat and Temperature Using an Investigative Demonstration
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter can be used as a starting point for eliciting elementary teachers’ views of the effective sequencing of science instr...
Book Chapter
Investigating Change Using the Invisible Test Tube Demonstration
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the model lesson is aimed at explaining why objects appear different underwater versus out in the open. The lesson ...
Book Chapter
There’s More to Magnetism Than Objects Being Attracted to Refrigerators
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter explores a phenomenon related to the lesson title and begins with an engagement activity that uses formative assessment...