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Exploring the Role of Student Seating Preference and Performance in a Large Introductory STEM Course

Most introductory courses are held in large lecture halls, with students typically sitting in either the front, middle, or back of the classroom. In a mixed-methods study of student attendance, performance, and seat choice, we found that students who...

By Chloe Wasendorf, Audrey McCombs, and Nancy Boury

Assessment Pedagogy STEM Teaching Strategies

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Impacts of a Prerequisite Online Laboratory Course

In response to remote learning needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, introductory lecture and laboratory courses typically delivered fully in person were offered in a completely virtual format for the first time. Introductory laboratory courses are piv...

By Elizabeth V. Jones, Michael Evans, and Carrie Shepler

Postsecondary Chemistry Instructional Materials Labs Teacher Preparation

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Teaching Green Chemistry Through Student-Generated Open Educational Resources

This article describes the implementation of a student-generated open educational resource project into a majors’ organic chemistry laboratory. This scaffolded semester-long project was organized into six phases and designed to promote the goals of...

By Krystal Grieger and Alexey Leontyev

Chemistry Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Lesson Plan

Are autonomous cars a solution to the problem of distracted driving?

High School General Science Is Lesson Plan Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices

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Issues of Question Equivalence in Online Exam Pools

During the pandemic, the use of question pools for online testing was recommended to mitigate cheating, exposing multitudes of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students across the globe to this practice. Yet instructors may be...

By Cody Goolsby-Cole, Sarah M. Bass, Liz Stanwyck, Sarah Leupen, Tara S. Carpenter, and Linda C. Hodges

Postsecondary Assessment Pedagogy Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Making Lab Group Work Equitable and Inclusive

The collaborative nature of introductory college science labs means that labs can play a major role in boosting students’ interest in experimental science when they work together in small groups. However, collaboration in lab courses is not always ...

By Danny Doucette and Chandralekha Singh

Postsecondary Equity Inclusion Labs Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Use of Interrupted Case Studies to Promote Argumentation in Chemistry

There has been an increase in the number of studies about educational scenarios aimed at promoting argumentation. Special attention is given to scenarios involving case studies. In this article, we report on the application of an interrupted case stu...

By Salete Linhares Queiroz, Mikeas Silva de Lima, and Douglas Gomes Lima dos Santos

Chemistry Teaching Strategies

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Castles in the Sky

By Bob Riddle

Middle School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Phenomena

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“But, I’m not done yet!”

By Alison Betz Seymour

Middle School Research Teacher Preparation

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Fire!

By Amy Gilbert

Physical Science

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Where Are the Volcanoes?

By Kimberly Kirstein and David Owens

Middle School Earth & Space Science Phenomena

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What is in Our Air?

By Natasha Wilkerson, Benjamin Janney, and Rachelle Pedersen

Middle School Citizen Science Climate Change Earth & Space Science NGSS Technology

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Bird Biodiversity

By Marshall Sachs

Middle School Interdisciplinary Life Science

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The Tragedy of the Commons

By Katie Coppens

Middle School Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Become a Salt Watcher in your Community

By Jill Nugent

Middle School Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Physical Science

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Fostering Cultural Community Wealth

By Kelley Woolford Buchheister, Christa Jackson, and Cynthia E. Taylor

NGSS Phenomena Three-Dimensional Learning

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Reassessing Recess

By Alison Riley Miller and Martha Eshoo

Elementary New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

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Q: How Can My Students Demonstrate Information Transfer Using Waves?

By Matt Bobrowsky

Elementary Phenomena Physical Science

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Making Stone Soup

By Laura Robertson, Alissa Lange, Jamie Price, Andrea Lowery, Holly McAvoy Scott, Qiuju Tian, and Ryan Nivens

Elementary Pedagogy Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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What Science Should Look and Sound Like

By Kathy Renfrew

Leadership

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Farmers vs. Rabbits

By Heidi Masters, Jacob Brehmer, Doug Feyen, and David McKittrick

Elementary Earth & Space Science Engineering Interdisciplinary Life Science Teaching Strategies

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Garden Variety

By Sky Feller, Stacey Halpern, and Nora Underwood

Elementary Biology Life Science NGSS

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Rightfully Present

By Bailey Nafziger

Elementary Earth & Space Science Multicultural Pedagogy

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Promoting Sensemaking

By Patrick Brown and Rodger Bybee

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts NGSS Performance Expectations Physical Science Sensemaking Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Toward Equity for Multilingual Learners

By Emily Reigh, Emily Adah Miller, Maria Chiara Simani, and Alice Severson

Elementary Equity Multicultural Multilingual Learners NGSS Pedagogy

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Integrating Critical Pedagogy of Place

By Alayla Ende, Alexandra Schindel, Jennifer Tripp, Christine Wang, and Tanya Christ

Elementary NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Teaching Strategies

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What Can You Do with 77 Formative Assessment Probes Columns?

By Page Keeley

Elementary Assessment Instructional Materials Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Animal Survival

By Christine Anne Royce

Elementary Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Life Science Literacy

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Lessons Learned

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Finding Outstanding Science Trade Books

By William Straits

Early Childhood Elementary Literacy

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NGSS for Our Youngest Learners: Explorations in Coding

By Alissa A. Lange

Early Childhood Computer Science Engineering NGSS Pedagogy

Journal Article

Partnerships Achieve Creative Connections Between Coding, Music, and Science

By Pascua Padró-Collazo, Isaris R. Quiñones-Pérez, Rafael A. Arce-Nazario, Joseph Carroll-Miranda, Lizzette M. Velázquez-Rivera, Brenda Lee Estévez-Moreno, and Lilliana Marrero-Solís

Middle School High School Informal Education Computer Science Environmental Science Inclusion Interdisciplinary STEM

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Designing, Sustaining, and Evaluating Environmental Justice Projects: The Critical Community Science Tool

By Kelsie N. Fowler

Informal Education Citizen Science Environmental Science Equity Phenomena Professional Learning

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8 Billion and Counting

By Patty McGinnis

Middle School News NGSS STEM

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Ten Years of NGSS: Where Are We Now?

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Science and Engineering Practices