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This chapter, by Julie A. Luft and Robert Idsardi, shares methods for preparing preservice teachers to uphold the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). We begin by discussing bridging practices…
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This chapter, by Ann T. S. Taylor and Joseph W. Shane, discusses ideas for embedding aspects of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) within biology courses that prospective teachers commonly complete at the…
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This chapter, by Sarah B. Boesdorfer, discusses how firsthand experience learning chemistry content, while engaged in science and engineering practices or crosscutting concepts, helps preservice teachers experience the…
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This chapter, by Michael A. Gibson, discusses an adaptable instruction activity used in undergraduate Earth science courses with preservice teachers to illustrate the gains in conceptual understanding that result from…
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Challenges in Undergraduate Science Teaching for Prospective Teachers
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This chapter, by Jay B. Labov, begins with a focus on the ways in which recent K–12 educational initiatives, such as the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are likely to affect teaching and learning of STEM (…
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Harnessing the Business Community and Other Entities to Support the Vision of the NGSS
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This chapter is by Chih-Che Tai, Ryan Nivens, Laura Robertson, Karin Keith, Anant Godbole, and Jack Rhoton. They discuss strategies the East Tennessee State University Center of Excellence in Mathematics and Science…
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Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge…
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Design Challenge Units and Research on Learning
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Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge…
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Defining and Using Our Design Challenge Units
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Chapters 1–3 provide background information and introduce the particular engineering design process (EDP) used in the Cincinnati Engineering Enhanced Math and Science (CEEMS) program, as well as how the design challenge…
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Setting the Stage: Create Hooks to Secure Student Buy-In
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Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the teachers’ stories capture…
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Focusing on the Engineering Design Process
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Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the three teachers detail the…
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Integrating Assessment Into Design Challenge Units
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Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the three teachers identify…
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Developing 21st-Century Skills With Design Challenge Units
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Chapters 4–7 contain sections written by individual secondary math and science teachers (grades 6-12) who focus on different aspects of implementing design challenge units. In this chapter, the teachers recognize the…
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Getting Started With Design Challenge Units
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This chapter demonstrates how to modify another teacher’s design challenge for your own classroom and how to reflect on and improve your own units after implementation. It also shares resources for finding design…
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This chapter presents a case study on Controlling Mosquitoes to Stem Malaria Infection using the discovery engineering process. In the lesson, students learn how scientists discovered the way in which malaria spreads.…
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