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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
Book Chapter
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...
Book Chapter
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...
Book Chapter
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
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...
Book Chapter
Investigating Change Using the Invisible Test Tube Demonstration
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the model lesson is aimed at explaining why objects appear different underwater versus out in the open. The lesson ...
Book Chapter
There’s More to Magnetism Than Objects Being Attracted to Refrigerators
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter explores a phenomenon related to the lesson title and begins with an engagement activity that uses formative assessment...
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Making the Connections: Addressing Students’ Misconceptions of Circuits
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, elementary students explore phenomena related to understanding the question “Why do the lights turn on when we fl...
Book Chapter
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter offers a 5E lesson with Elaborate and Evaluate phases that places students in the role of scientist and asks them to ca...
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Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This lesson is one step in helping students develop an understanding of the conservation of matter that takes place during a chemica...
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A Natural Storyline for Learning About Ecosystems
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the third-grade lesson is aimed at developing students’ ideas about living things and Earth’s systems. The less...
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The Grand Erosion Investigation
Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the fourth-grade lesson is aimed at helping students explore the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) performan...
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Leadership and Lessons Learned
This chapter takes you through five key points for putting an “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice using Predict, Observe, and Explain (POE) and 5E sequences, as well as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This final chapter...