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Science Sampler: Giants don’t exist in the real world—Challenges of teaching scale and structure

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Science Sampler: Giants don’t exist in the real world—Challenges of teaching scale and structure

Issues that relate to the unifying theme of scale, as defined by the National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996) and Science for All Americans (AAAS 1989), are common in both science and everyday life. Until recently, there has been little resear...

Methods and Strategies: The Reflective Assessment Technique

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Methods and Strategies: The Reflective Assessment Technique

Teachers often rely on student questions, their observations of students at work, and their own intuition to monitor how well students are learning. However, the authors found that teachers learn more about their students when they use the four-step ...

The Great Top Challenge

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The Great Top Challenge

The United States has a significant deficit in the number of university students choosing to major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and subsequently entering STEM professions (National Science Board 2008). One way to addres...

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