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Teacher’s Toolkit: Promoting and supporting scientific argumentation in the classroom—The evaluate-alternatives instructional model

This article describes an instructional model that science teachers can use to promote and support student engagement in scientific argumentation. This model is called the evaluate-alternatives instructional model and it is grounded in current resear...

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Editorial: Deficit Thinking

We always have a choice when we consider another person. We can see their strengths, or we can focus on their deficits. What we choose to view in our assessment—and assessments are inevitable—will color how we perceive that person for the rest of...

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Every Day Science: September 2009

This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer....

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Research and Teaching: Assessment of the Impact of Case Studies on Student Learning Gains in an Introductory Biology Course

Student performance in lecture-based versus case study-based instruction was compared in this study. Case-based teaching that emphasized problem solving and discussion significantly improved student performance on exams throughout the semester and en...

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Going Bananas Over Fruit: Using Habits of Mind to Foster Nutritional Literacy

Science literacy for all students is an education goal in the United States, as well as in many other parts of the world. Habits of mind are the skills and attitudes that students need to develop in order to understand science as a way of thinking. I...