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This article describes how science educators at a large southeastern university developed specialized science training for elementary preservice teachers (EPSTs) by creating a combination of discipline-specific science content courses (physical, life...

By Tammy D. Lee and Bonnie Glass

Journal Article

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

The authors describe how they introduced a field trip–based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors. ...

By Emma Kamen and Alessandra Leri

Journal Article

The Priceless Gift

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. ...

By Lester Paldy

Journal Article

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

This month's Two-Year Community column describes how Geo-Launchpad, a program funded by the NSF, exposes students to internships and research opportunities that promote postsecondary education or workforce employment in the geosciences. ...

By Jamie Pawloski and Patrick Shabram

Journal Article

Who Gets Helped? The Opportunity Structure of the College Physics Classroom, Peer Instruction, and Perceptions of Help Seeking

In this article, the authors explore the opportunity structure in a physics course to identify differences in perception of classroom community among students. ...

By Michael Brown and Robert M. DeMonbrun

Journal Article

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. ...

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

Journal Article

An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I: Impact on Course Performance and Study Behavior

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. ...

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

Journal Article

The Efficacy of Flipped Laboratory Multiperspective Videos in Skill Acquisition

This article describes a a multiperspective video approach. ...

By Kevin W. Davies

Journal Article

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 General Science

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Rethinking Development and Learning

This chapter starts with the research on learning and cognition. It takes you through some of the emerging ideas about students’ intellectual abilities in terms of developmental psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science research and the impli...

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Connecting Hands-On With Minds-On Experiences

This chapter shows why the exact placement of activities in instruction is pivotal in learning and compares two different hands-on approaches. Assertions are provided about why “explore-before-explain” teaching is beneficial for learners with abu...

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Modern Sequences of Instruction

This chapter discusses the key components of two contemporary sequences of science instruction. You will read about the phases of the Predict, Observe, and Explain (POE) and 5E instructional models. The activity boxes included are aimed at helping yo...

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Content and Process Working Together

This chapter describes the construction of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Some activities are shared to reflect on the lessons you currently use and the connections to components of the NGSS. The activity box included is meant to provi...

Book Chapter

Where to Start

This chapter provides guidance on how you can create 5Es that translate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Activities are presented following each factor that you should consider when planning 5Es and offer some planning ideas to design �...

Book Chapter

Teaching About Heat and Temperature Using an Investigative Demonstration

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter can be used as a starting point for eliciting elementary teachers’ views of the effective sequencing of science instr...

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