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  • Scenarios, Stakeholders, Autonomy, and Choice

    Journal Article |

    A role-play activity is presented that was designed for a STEM education learning experience to enrich science literacy, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills in undergraduate science courses. During the roleplay…

  • Show Your Students How to Be More Persuasive When They Write

    Journal Article |

    After a grueling grading campaign, a chemist asked a writing and rhetoric specialist for help improving formal reports in the introductory organic chemistry lab. Together, we realized that the very best student reports…

  • Where Do Stars Go?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about stars. The probe is designed to examine students’ ideas about the location of stars in the daytime.

  • Wonder-Full Thinking

    Journal Article |

  • Launching Inquiry Into Motion

    Journal Article |

  • Computing in Bioinformatics and Engaged Student Learning

    Journal Article |

    The field of biology education—and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines more broadly—has witnessed two major shifts in the past decade: (i) the increased awareness of research-based…

  • Is It a Rock? (Version 2)

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an Earth material, rocks. The probe is designed to determine whether students can distinguish between humanmade, “rocklike” materials and…

  • From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 15, 2021

    Reports Article |

  • Mercury Transit of the Sun

    Journal Article |

    Astronomy throughout the year

  • Freebies for Science Teachers, October 12, 2021

    Reports Article |

  • The Poop on Composting

    Case Study |

  • Is It a Model?

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about models. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that models can take a variety of forms besides physical replicas.

  • Making Sound

    Lesson Plan |

    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about sound. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that sound is produced by vibrating matter.

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