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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning

This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is essential for sound decision making...

By Kathleen Koenig, Krista E. Wood, Larry J. Bortner and Lei Bao

Postsecondary Chemistry Curriculum Labs Physics Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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The Power of Practice

Critical thinking skills are sought after in the workforce and are often included in course, departmental, and programmatic learning objectives.  However, in the curriculum of many courses we tend to focus on content rather than on fostering the...

By Elizabeth Co

Postsecondary Curriculum Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

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Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format

Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article describes an approach to developing active learning lessons from authentic science research projects using...

By Robert Idsardi, Daniel A. Hahn, Julie R. Bokor and Julie A. Luft

5E Inquiry NGSS STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Focusing on Learning as a Marker of Success for Underrepresented Students

By Heidi S. Fencl

Postsecondary Equity Inclusion

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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

Postsecondary Curriculum Professional Learning old STEM Teaching Strategies

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The Efficacy of Flipped Laboratory Multiperspective Videos in Skill Acquisition

In recent years, video-based lectures have been increasingly used in education as part of flipped classroom approaches, adult education, distance learning, and other applications. Though approaches in video-based lectures have been widely studied, le...

By Kevin W. Davies

Postsecondary

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An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. The treatment group received an exam wrapper intervention, a series of four written exercises administered throu...

By Edith Rosales, Alla Chavarga, Evan Grandoit, Shoshana Mayer, Natasha Hackman, Milushka Elbulok-Charcape, Alison C. Domzalski and Gail Horowitz

Chemistry

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Who Gets Helped?

Although peer interaction in the college classroom may benefit some students by developing peer networks for future collaborations, prior research has suggested that these relationships most often benefit students from overrepresented communities, wh...

By Michael Brown and Robert M. DeMonbrun

Physics Teaching Strategies

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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. The task, informed by a three-dimensional learning approach, req...

By Jeffrey D. Radloff, Selcen Guzey, David Eichinger and Brenda M. Capobianco

Biology Engineering Life Science NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning

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Promoting STEM Persistence Through an Innovative Field Trip–Based First-Year Experience Course

At our small liberal arts college, we recently introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors. This course, entitled “The Urban Ecosystem,” explores various aspects of science and technology using our ci...

By Emma Kamen and Alessandra Leri

Curriculum New Science Teachers STEM Teaching Strategies

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Developing the Next Generation of Elementary Science Teachers

National science education documents emphasize new learning outcomes of elementary students; therefore, the preparation of elementary teachers should be revised to meet these challenges. This article describes how science educators at a large southea...

By Tammy D. Lee and Bonnie Glass

Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers New Science Teachers Pedagogy Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions

Community colleges enroll almost half of U.S. undergraduates and were predicted to produce 12% of the workforce for STEM professions in 2018. Half of these students are the first in their families to attend college and therefore are more likely unfam...

By Jamie Pawloski and Patrick Shabram

Careers STEM

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The Priceless Gift

By Lester Paldy

Postsecondary Careers STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Supporting Ambitious Science Teaching, January 26, 2021

In this Teacher Tip Tuesday we'll look at how Ambitious Science Teaching helps teachers focus on finding ways for all students to participate in science, making science compelling to a wider group of learners, and providing the means for students to ...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary

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The Feeding Minds and Families Afterschool STEM Program

By Quyen L. Aoh, Cheyenne L. Barger, and Maile Chang

Middle School Informal Education Inclusion Interdisciplinary STEM

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Re-imagining the Role of Families as Equal Partners in STEM Learning

By Tarana Khan and Susana Beltran Grimm

Early Childhood Informal Education Inclusion Mathematics Multicultural Research

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Leveraging Out-of-School STEM Programs During COVID-19

By Alaine Allen, Mackenzie Ball, David Bild, David N. Boone, Dominique Briggs, Disan Davis, Lori Delale-O’Connor, Rebecca Gonda, Jennifer Iriti, Alison Slinskey Legg, Courtney Long, Chris Matthis, Jennifer Zoltners Sherer, and Talia Stol

Informal Education Advocacy Citizen Science Crosscutting Concepts Equity STEM

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Engaging Families With GLOBE Observer

By Theresa Schwerin, Heather A. Fischer, and Heather Mortimer

Informal Education Citizen Science Climate Change Earth & Space Science Multilingual Learners Environmental Science STEM

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Remembering Bill

By Linda Froschauer, Brian Diskin, and Matt Bobrowsky

News

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What a Year

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn