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Research and Teaching: Learning, Reasoning, Motivation and Epistemological Beliefs
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This study explored college students' learning approaches, reasoning abilities, motivational goals, and beliefs abut the nature of science relative to science concept understanding and course achievement. The authors…
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An Adventure in Stereochemistry
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This case is based on an article that considered the problems that would arise if a person were to cross over into a mirror-image environment (Yee 2002). Some of the stereochemistry problems posed in that article are…
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For many years, the remarkable artists and graphic designers at NSTA have given JCST intriguing and delightful covers. However, focus groups and conversations revealed that our attractive covers were triggering, for…
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Why should teachers emphasize the nature of science? Not only does it help students to think and solve problems like scientists, but students will learn how knowledge is developed in science. In this section, the…
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The Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences (SMILE) Program, a pre-college program at Oregon State University, developed an educational framework that enables teachers and students to adopt an integrated…
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Analyzing Children’s Science Journals
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By creating their own journal pages, children are able to depict their ways of seeing and understanding the science phenomena, constructing or reconstructing the phenomena through their own lens of experience (…
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Idea Bank: Modeling a Sinkhole
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Limestone lies underneath approximately 15 percent of the United States. Fractures, cracks, and weaknesses develop due to Earth’s natural processes or manmade sources, resulting in structural change to the limestone. As…
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The Many Metaphors of Energy: Using Analogies as a Formative Assessment Tool
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This article describes how student-generated analogies are shown to be an effective means of eliciting ideas about energy in systems from biology, chemistry, and physics.
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Scope on the Skies: Changing of the seasons
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. In this month’s issue learn the astronomy behind the changing of the seaons. Students know that we mark the change of seasons with the position of the Sun over…
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University Facilities as Real-World Foci of Multidisciplinary Science Learning
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The authors sought to better approximate the practice of “real” science in our classrooms by having students study a newly built storm-water remediation wetland on campus. The wetland was meant to gather and clean storm…
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Water You Engineering? An Activity to Develop Water-Quality Awareness
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Water is one of our most precious resources. However, for many in the United States, having fresh, safe drinking water is taken for granted, and due to this perceived lack of relevance, students may not fully appreciate…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Industrial Toxicologist Greg Allgood
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Are you ever curious about the safety of sugar substitutes, air pollution, or your city’s tap water? Chemicals may make the world go around, but some of them can be harmful. So how do know which ones are safe?…
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The <i>Next Generation Science Standards</i>: A Focus on Physical Science
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This article focuses on the NGSS disciplinary core ideas in physical science, the development of those ideas across time, the importance of blending core ideas with scientific and engineering practices to build…
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Science 101: Is It Possible to Turn Coal Into Diamonds?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. In this month’s issue the author discusses the properties of carbon.
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Commentary: Together, Learning Science and the Science of Learning
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An opinion piece about professional development and what we want to accomplish through professional development.
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