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  • How STEM Teachers Can Immerse Themselves in the Three Rs Over the Summer

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  • Emphasizing Physics Concepts with Cartoons

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  • Keeping Cool With SageModeler

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  • Exploring the STEM Landscape

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  • Freezing Ice

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about freezing point. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the temperature at which water freezes is independent of the volume.

  • Identifying Forces

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  • Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities

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    Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field…

  • Catalyzing the Advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemical Education

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    Only a relatively small number of students from underrepresented groups enter the field of chemistry, complete their degrees, and enter the workforce. There are ethical and practical concerns when we lose out on…

  • Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

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    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)…

  • A Perfect Storm

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    This point of view article uses a social science lens in an attempt to understand the differing environments of the two institutions (private and public) where I taught chemistry for 3 decades. I hypothesize that…

  • Dogma Spies

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  • Dropping Balls

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about falling objects. The probe is designed to find out if students think the weight or mass of an object affects how fast it falls.

  • Kids Teaching Kids

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  • Less Text, More Learning

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    English language learners are increasingly entering classrooms using student-centered instruction that places a greater emphasis on spoken language. While active learning is beneficial for a range of student outcomes,…

  • Respiration

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about respiration. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize respiration as a process that all living things use in order to obtain…

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