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Journal Article
This study took place in a biotechnology laboratory course series that provided students with authentic research experiences. We documented student identities after the experience and explored how these identities related to future career aspiratio...
Journal Article
Inclusion of model building in the learning process promotes a deep understanding of scientific content and concepts. Likewise, higher level questioning requires high cognitive demand and critical reasoning and leads to positive educational results. ...
Journal Article
News media reports of scientific discoveries are often oversimplified, lacking nuance and context. As a result, citizens need both science literacy and information literacy skills to both decode the science content in a media report and track down t...
Journal Article
The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....
Journal Article
Point of View: Critical Lesson Evaluation for Preservice Teachers
This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This issue discusses common science learning activites found online and the need to add thinking about how these types of activities can relate to thr...
Journal Article
A variety of factors contribute to attrition in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at the community college level including underpreparedness, lack of confidence, and broader socioeconomic issues. This article descri...
Journal Article
Case Study: Biology in the News: Beginning and Ending the Semester With the Big Picture
This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this article, the author describes how she uses current biology-related news articles to introduce...
Book Chapter
Reading Nature: Engaging Biology Students With Evidence From the Living World (Book Sample)
By making room for this book in your curriculum, you’ll have a fresh way to motivate your students to look at the living world and ask not only “Why?” but also “How do we know?” Unique in both its structure and approach, Reading Nature is a...
Book Chapter
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind (Book Sample)
Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why sequencing is so important, au...
Book Chapter
Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12 (Book Sample)
When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed something. Life science teachers were highly receptive to engineering ideas related to everything from genom...
NSTA Press Book
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind
Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why sequencing is so important, au...
By Patrick Brown
Book Chapter
Modern Sequences of Instruction
This chapter discusses the key components of two contemporary sequences of science instruction. It presents the phases of the POE (Predict, Observe, and Explain) and 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) Instructional Models. The act...
Book Chapter
Content and Process Working Together
This chapter describes the construction of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The author shares some activities for you to reflect on lessons you currently use and the connection to components of the NGSS. By cultivating a way of thinkin...
Book Chapter
Investigating Change Using the Invisible Test Tube Demonstration
Chapters 6–9 share model lessons for putting the explore-before-explain mindset into practice using either a POE (Predict, Observe, and Explain) or 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) instructional sequence. In this chapter, the ...
Book Chapter
There’s More to Magnetism Than Certain Objects Being Attracted to Refrigerators
Chapters 6–9, share model lessons for putting the explore-before-explain mindset into practice using either a POE (Predict, Observe, and Explain) or 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) instructional sequence. This chapter explore...