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Using three active-learning strategies (i.e., teaming, opening, and linking), students perform a series of molecular biology experiments (i.e., transformation, miniprep, and electrophoresis) to identify unknown plasmid…
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Using Issues-Based Science in the Classroom
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Every day we are confronted with issues of varying degrees of complexity and importance. Which bags are better for the environment—paper, plastic, or neither? What precautions should be taken to reduce the spread of the…
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What’s the Matter With Teaching Children About Matter?
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When it comes to learning about solids, liquids, and gases, children often bring interesting yet inaccurate ideas to the topic. When children’s ideas conflict with the concepts we seek to teach, they interfere with…
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This theme-based, investigative approach to teaching introductory biology offers faculty a way to emphasize the process of science over content. Students appreciate the freedom to test their own ideas and to become…
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Science Sampler: The Science and Art of Proportionality
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The following activities ask students to compare the proportions of their own bodies with each other and with historical models, specifically with Polycleitus’ statue of Doryphorus (fifth century B.C.). The statue was…
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The Use of Mastery Learning With Competency-Based Grading in an Organic Chemistry Course
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Mastery learning is an instructional method based on the idea that students learn best if they fully understand one concept before moving to the next and has been shown to be extremely effective in math and science…
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Trade Books and the Human Endeavor of Science
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An innovative strategy for improving students' perceptions of scientists is to introduce "Science as a Human Endeavor" through the use of a well-designed literature program using books that showcase a range of abilities…
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Formative Assessment Probes: Birthday Candles: Visually Representing Ideas
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses using visual representations to support students' explanations.
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The law of conservation of mass can be counterintuitive for most students because they often think the mass of a substance is related to its physical state. As a result, students may hold a number of alternative…
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Scope on Safety: MSDS out, SDS in?
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue talks about a revised Hazard Communication Standard.
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ELMO Project: Science Instruction for Students
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The ELMO (Embedded Learning MOdules) curriculum reform project has designed science curricula for specific nonscience students that fulfill core requirements and demonstrate how science can be engaging and relevant.…
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How Can We Put Cooperative Learning Into Practice?
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Research suggests that if you want more students to learn more material, if you want students to feel more confident about themselves, and to be motivated to learn, if you want them to accept differences among students…
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This article describes an instructional model that science teachers can use to promote and support student engagement in scientific argumentation. This model is called the evaluate-alternatives instructional model and…
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Reflections on Czech Science Teaching
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International comparisons help us explore the assumptions made about U.S. schools, students, and pedagogy. That is why the author decided to spend five months in the Czech Republic teaching science education courses at…
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The Virtual Vee Map: A Template for Internet Inquiry
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The Virtual Vee Map proved successful in promoting student learning in the areas of inquiry and data analysis using resources and data available on the internet. A postsurvey found that a majority of students enjoyed…
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