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What Can You Learn From Fossils?
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At one point or another, it seems like all students are interested in paleontology. Wonderful extinct animals like dinosaurs excite the imagination like almost nothing else. Once you have the students' interest, you…
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Technology-Enriched Learning Environments in University Chemistry
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Science and technology courses in higher education have traditionally been composed of three elements—lecture, recitation, and evaluation—and have been conducted in lecture-based, teacher-centered settings. In recent…
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Science, Technology, and the Learning Disabled: A Review of the Literature
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The lack of research studies that examine the use of technology as a tool to support the learning of science among the learning disabled is an important limitation of research in science teaching. This chapter focuses…
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Making Choices About Teaching and Learning in Science
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What exactly do we mean by civic engagement? Does it imply a way of thinking about knowledge in a democratic society? Or does it require personal action in a civic context? For the readers of this handbook, what…
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Using Research on Teaching to Improve Student Learning
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This chapter describes general procedures for research on college and university science teaching, examples and benefits of several very different research models that can be used, examples of published studies, and…
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Experiential Learning in a Large Introductory Biology Course
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This chapter describes and discusses effective approaches to teaching a large, two-semester introductory college biology course at Syracuse University. The course offers many unusual and creative experiences that…
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Learning About Plants and Animals: Biological Science
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This chapter focuses on learning about living organisms and how children develop this understanding by taking care of living organisms and observing, documenting, and discussing their changes as they grow. Chapters 1…
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Rules of Teaching That I learned in My Student Years
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As teachers we commonly learn our subject matter in high school and college. We acquire more knowledge in graduate school and in life experiences. At what stage do we learn how to teach? Answers vary. This article is…
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Using Local Phenomena to Support Student Learning
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Research on science teaching and learning supports instructional sequences that are driven by phenomenon, provide student-agency, and are made relevant to students. The use of locally-based, phenomenon-driven…
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Leading Effective Science Curriculum-Based Learning
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Community Connections to Support Early Science Learning
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Community resources offer extensions of early science learning that can deepen connections to the local ecosystem. This column offers ideas to extend early childhood classroom science through community mapping.
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Fieldwork Fridays: Connecting Scientific Learning to Nature
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Building routines around place-based learning allows students to apply their scientific learning to nature and form a connection with their local environment and the species in it over the course of a school year. Each…
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Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement
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Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction. A foundational pillar of the LA model is the LA pedagogy course,…
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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12
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Online Extras: Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12 If you have purchased Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, you can view the accompanying full-color images and additional materials online. These resources are for your personal use only and are not to be…
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As introductory college science courses transition from large, passive lectures to more student-centered active learning environments, additional instructional support may be needed. Peer Learning Assistants (PLAs) can…
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