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Time Flies When You’re Learning About Scale!
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Not many students would forget to say “Dinosaurs!” if you mention the Jurassic period, yet the word scale only conjures up ideas of measuring objects. Most students automatically think of measuring mass, volume, or…
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Super-Absorbent Polymers: Minds-On Learning and Brain "Growth"
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Super-absorbent polymers (SAPs) absorb and retain water up to several hundred times their mass and increase in volume up to 600%. Unlike this prop, students’ brains do not grow/learn by passive absorption of received…
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What Can We Learn From the Original Sputnik Moment?
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This chapter reviews the Sputnik era—a significant turning point for the STEM disciplines—and reforms of the STEM disciplines. The chapter includes the historical discussion of the national mission and insights specific…
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Reconsidering Large-Scale Assessment to Heighten Its Relevance to Learning
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In contrast to classroom assessments that can provide immediate feedback in the context of ongoing instruction, large-scale assessments are necessarily broader survey instruments, administered once-per-year and…
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Traveling the Inquiry Continuum: Learning Through Teacher Action Research
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This chapter addresses the More Emphasis on Teaching and the Content and Inquiry Standards from the National Science Education Standards (NSES). Using the knowledge gained through the Community of Excellence in…
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Active Learning as a Way to Interest More Students in Science Careers
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In this chapter, the experiences of a science educator and two technology education (TE) classroom teachers are offered. The school is a rural middle school in a Midwestern state where authors collaborated to promote…
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Helping Students Understand the Minds-On Side of Learning Science
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This collaboration between a fourth-grade teacher and university researcher resulted in the development of the Cognitive Strategies Inventory, an assessment instrument targeting writing, discussing, computing, reading,…
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Assessment in Support of Conceptual Understanding and Student Motivation to Learn Science
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Classroom-based assessment strategies may influence the development of conceptual understanding and motivational beliefs among elementary learners in science. A contextual analysis of how young children (65 second…
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Setting the Scene: Safer Science in a Drive-Through Learning Community
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Developing a responsible and safe introductory community college laboratory science program is a challenge. The subject matter is complex, requiring cerebral, technical, and mechanical skills. The prior knowledge and…
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Students as Creators of Instructional Videos: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
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Clear, detailed instructional procedures have an important role to play in laboratory teaching, not only to produce consistent results, but to ensure safe practices. Student success in using these can be strengthened…
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Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning (Book Sample)
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Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting…
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Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom (Book Sample)
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“Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom practitioners to…
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Implementing Universal Design for Learning in the Higher Education Science Classroom
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There is a growing need for college science faculty to teach a diverse group of learners. The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework can be used to create inclusive learning materials and activities in the higher…
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The Influence of Learning Assistants on Faculty Use of Student-Centered Instruction
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The Learning Assistant (LA) Program is a near-peer teaching model with three key components: 1) reevaluation of curriculum and lesson design to incorporate undergraduate LAs as a central part of the course, 2) a seminar…
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Value Creation in a Pedagogically-focused Faculty Online Learning Community
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Faculty online learning communities (FOLCs) can help faculty effectively adopt and persist in using research-based curricula. This paper documents faculty perspectives on the value they gained from participating in a…
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