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Joyful Science

By Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong

Early Childhood Elementary Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Literacy

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Starting With Science

By Christine Anne Royce

Early Childhood Elementary Careers Instructional Materials Literacy

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Joyful Science

By Heather Pacheco-Guffrey

Elementary Instructional Materials Technology

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Preschoolers’ Science Learning Can Be Joyful—Using a Play-Based, Project Approach

By Shelly Lynn Counsell

Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

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Joyful Science

By Elizabeth Barrett-Zahn

Early Childhood Elementary New Science Teachers Teaching Strategies

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Cross-Disciplinary Learning

We propose cross-disciplinary learning as a construct that can guide instruction and assessment in programs that feature sequential learning across multiple science disciplines. Cross-disciplinary learning combines insights from interdisciplinary lea...

By Emily Borda, Todd Haskell, and Andrew Boudreaux

Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Interdisciplinary

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Recent Developments in Classroom Observation Protocols for Undergraduate STEM

Over the past decade, researchers have developed several teaching observation protocols for use in higher education, such as the Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP), Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS), Practical...

By Joan Esson, Paul Wendel, Anna Young, Meredith Frey, and Kathryn Plank

Pedagogy STEM Teacher Preparation

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Science Identity and Its Implications for STEM Retention and Career Aspirations Through a Research-Based First-Year Biology Seminar

There are more STEM jobs than there are qualified graduates to fill these positions, and recruiting students into STEM majors is insufficient. Of students who enter college intending to pursue STEM, nearly half do not finish their STEM degrees. In th...

By Krista L. Lucas and Alexis D. Spina

Biology Careers STEM Teaching Strategies

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A Design Heuristic for Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Students reasoning with data in an authentic science environment had the opportunity to learn about the process of science and the world around them while developing skills to analyze and interpret self-collected and secondhand data. Our results show...

By Sandra Swenson, Yi He, Heather Boyd, and Kate Schowe Good

Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

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Active Learning Classrooms

Active learning classrooms (ALCs) are designed to support collaborative learning in large class sections that are often taught with a lecture format. Studies on ALCs indicate that they have positive influences on student learning, but the same studie...

By Carolyn Hushman, Aurora Pun, and Sushilla Knottenbelt

New Science Teachers Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

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Aligning Undergraduate Science Curricula With Three-Dimensional Learning

Recent science reform advocates for the inclusion of engineering design to teach science and represents a shift to so-called three-dimensional (3D) learning. This shift often requires science instructors to adapt their current curriculum to integrate...

By Jeffrey Radloff, Brenda Capobianco, Jessica Weller, Sanjay Rebello, David Eichinger, and Kendra Erk

Postsecondary Disciplinary Core Ideas NGSS Pedagogy Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning

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Reflections on Multimodal Delivery of a Laboratory Course for Nonscience Majors and Opportunities for Improved Student Engagement

A rudimentary level of scientific literacy is necessary in the general public. At the undergraduate level, this literacy can be achieved through general education courses offered in areas of natural sciences. Over the past several years, practical co...

By Mark Vincent dela Cerna

General Science Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies