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Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-based teaching practices. Despit...

By Prateek Shekhar, Maura Borrego, Matt DeMonbrun, Cynthia Finelli, Caroline Crockett, and Kevin Nguyen

Postsecondary Teacher Preparation

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Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Video-Based Active Learning in University-Level Biology Classes:

We quantified student perceptions of an active learning exercise, based on open-educational video resources, in both a first-year seminar class (Natural Environment of Athens and Georgia, three sections), and a larger lecture class (Natural History...

By Gary D. Grossman and Troy N. Simon

Postsecondary Biology Instructional Materials Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson

This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction. The article includes an example ...

By Ozden Sengul

Postsecondary 5E Labs Physics

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Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement

Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction. A foundational pillar of the LA model is the LA pedagogy course, which teaches LAs about evidence-b...

By Alicia Purtell, Robert Talbot, and Michael E. Moore

Postsecondary Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Show Your Students How to Be More Persuasive When They Write

After a grueling grading campaign, a chemist asked a writing and rhetoric specialist for help improving formal reports in the introductory organic chemistry lab. Together, we realized that the very best student reports employ many persuasive moves ...

By David J. Slade and Susan K. Hess

Postsecondary Literacy Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College

Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC and other technical and community colleges are significant in educating STEM and non-STEM majors in th...

By Margaret Long, Adrienne Cottrell-Yongye, and Tyler Huynh

Postsecondary Biology Teacher Preparation

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How Do Lakes Freeze?

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

Why Do Some Objects Stick to the Refrigerator?

Elementary Informal Education Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article

Using Narratives to Evoke Empathy and Support Girls’ Engagement in Engineering

By Susan M. Letourneau and Dorothy Bennett

Middle School Elementary High School Informal Education Engineering Equity Inclusion STEM

Journal Article

Formative Assessment of English Language Proficiency in the Science Classroom

By Okhee Lee and Rita Januszyk

Elementary Assessment Multilingual Learners Equity Is Lesson Plan Lesson Plans NGSS Three-Dimensional Learning

Journal Article

Safety Recommendations for Opening the New School Year

By Dr. Ken R. Roy and Dr. Kevin S. Doyle

Safety

Lesson Plan

How Can We Protect Fragile Cargo?

High School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

How Does Our Neighborhood Provide For Its Wildlife?

Elementary Informal Education Biology Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Environmental Science Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

Why Do Some Microwaves Cook Faster?

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

eBook

Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom (e-book)

New in 2020!“Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom practitioners to reflect the latest th...

Lesson Plan

Why Does the Ocean Turn Turquoise?

Middle School Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Is Lesson Plan Life Science NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Lesson Plan

How Can We Become Good Marble Players?

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Why Is Our Sun So Big and Bright?

Elementary Astronomy Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Earth & Space Science Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Distance-Learning Strategies, August 25, 2020

How can we create equitable, distance-learning sensemaking (actively trying to figure out how the world works or designing solutions to problems) experiences for our students when it comes to asking them to use materials from around their homes to do...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary

Lesson Plan

How Does Some Corn Pop?

Informal Education Disciplinary Core Ideas Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Science and Engineering Practices

Journal Article

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introductory STEM courses. In this project, we used the strategy of enlisting peer mentors to develop and ...

By Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Jaemarie Solyst, Anisha Pai, and Lu Yu

Postsecondary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

K–12 DREAMS to Teach Program at Morehouse College

This study explores the pathways to K–12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics instruction among Black/African American males in the Discovery Research Education for African American Men in STEM to Teach (DREAMS to Teach) program at Mo...

By Cynthia Trawick, Thema Monroe-White, Jigsa A. Tola, Jamie P. Clayton, and J. K. Haynes

Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Advocacy STEM Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Use of Speaking, Listening, and Writing Skills to Understand the Importance of Nature of Science Instruction

There has been a focus on improving teachers’ views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary preservice teachers’ views...

By Melanie Kinskey

Pre-service Teachers Preservice Science Education

Journal Article

Teaching K–8 Teachers About Integrating Science and Engineering

We examined the use of an engineering learning cycle (ELC) model and in a course for K–8 inservice teachers for two purposes. First, we were interested in how the ELC would support teachers’ science, mathematics, and engineering content knowled...

By Allison Antink-Meyer and Anna Arias

Postsecondary Engineering

Journal Article

Scenarios, Stakeholders, Autonomy, and Choice

A role-play activity is presented that was designed for a STEM education learning experience to enrich science literacy, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills in undergraduate science courses. During the roleplay, learners assumed the roles o...

By David Green and Mary Kay Cassani

Earth & Space Science Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning

Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/knowledge and (2) individu...

By Emily Fisher and Nan Crystal Arens

Postsecondary Climate Change

Journal Article

Designing Environmental Science Curriculum With PhotoVoice to Engage Nonscience Majors

By Carolyn Waters and Kristin Cook

Postsecondary Curriculum Environmental Science

Journal Article

Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Kevin M. Bonney

Preservice Science Education

Journal Article

A Framework for Effective Dissemination of Innovative STEM Curricula

By S. Elizabeth Alter and Leo Gafney

Postsecondary Curriculum STEM

Journal Article

Community College Students Rise to the Challenge

High-structure course designs have reduced achievement gaps for low-income and underrepresented minority students at research universities. But do community college students have time to do the preclass preparation required for intensive active lea...

By Scott Freeman, Pamela Pape-Lindstrom, Anne Casper, and Sarah Eddy

Postsecondary Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Lesson Plan

How Can We Make a Room as Dark as Possible?

Elementary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Engineering Is Lesson Plan NGSS Phenomena Physical Science Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning