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National Conference on Science Education Anaheim 2026 Professional Learning Institute 3
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National Conference on Science Education Anaheim 2026 Professional Learning Institute 3 Full-Day WorkshopDesign. Build. Collide!Introducing Class CrunchLabs, Mark Rober’s 3-D (and totally free) middle school science curriculum.Preconference • Wednesday, April 15 • 8:15 AM - 3:15 PMAll participants will…
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Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning
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This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative project that prepares them to design meaningful learning experiences…
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Responsive Teaching in Online Learning Environments
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Online teaching and learning have become widespread in higher education over the past two decades, and accelerated during the pandemic. Although online learning is expanding and has many benefits, instructors teaching…
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Social Justice Service-Learning at an HBCU
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Integrating social issues into biology courses may be of particular interest for educators seeking to create inclusive science environments that support diverse populations. This social justice–focused service-learning…
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Faculty Learning at the Individual and Group Level
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Unaware of the diverse challenges faced by students, faculty can unintentionally create environments that discourage student persistence especially for students who are historically underrepresented in STEM. However,…
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Computing in Bioinformatics and Engaged Student Learning
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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…
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Learning on Location With NASA GLOBE Observer
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National Conference on Science Education Indianapolis 2026 Professional Learning Institute 7
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National Conference on Science Education Indianapolis 2026 Professional Learning Institute 7 Full-Day WorkshopMake it Stop! Figuring out the Science of Kinetic Energy and Runaway Trucks with Class CrunchLabsWednesday, November 4 • 8:00 AM - 3:00 PMAll participants will receive breakfast and lunch…
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Alignment of Instruction with Knowledge of Student Learning
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A series of classroom vignettes and student conversations provides a glimpse into how our theoretical understanding of human learning translates into science classroom practice. The surprisingly large number of…
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Using the Laboratory to Enhance Student Learning
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Typical hands-on, cookbook laboratory experiences do an extremely poor job of making apparent and playing off students’ prior ideas, engendering deep reflection, and promoting understanding of complex content. This…
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Using Assessment to Help Students Learn
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Assessment in the classroom is more than tests and quizzes on Friday. It is an everyday feature of classroom life. Students and teachers use assessment, for example, when they gauge the quality of a response to a…
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Learning About Motion: Fun for All
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Deborah Roberts is a fifth-grade teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. At the time she wrote this chapter, she was a middle-school science teacher in a high-poverty suburban school in Maryland. An earlier version of this paper…
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A Teacher's Perspective: Learning a Second Language
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In “Learning a Second Language,” page 107, Ellen Bialystok explains the ways in which reading a science text in a second language makes learning more challenging. She explains that language is the core of science…
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Improving Learning in Science With Formative Assessment
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In recent years, the No Child Left Behind law has focused attention on student achievement in science across the United States, but there are more important reasons for being concerned with student achievement. The…
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A Perspective on U.S. Science Teaching and Learning
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This chapter presents a sketch on how PISA 2006 assessed conditions of teaching and learning in science classrooms. With selected findings from PISA 2006, similarities and differences are shown between approaches taken…
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