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Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events
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• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical funnels? • How can a stick, placed on a table under several sheets…
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Online Extra: Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry
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Online Extra: Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry If you have purchased Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry, you can view the accompanying Solutions Manual online. This resource is for your personal use only and is not to be redistributed. To view the online extra, please type in the second word in the body…
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Online Extras: Science Learning in the Early Years
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Online Extras: Science Learning in the Early Years If you have purchased Science Learning in the Early Years, you can view the accompanying collection of blog posts. This resources is for your personal use only and is not to be redistributed. To view the online extras, please type in the second word in the body text on…
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Online Extras: Learning to Read the Earth and Sky
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Online Extras: Learning to Read the Earth and Sky If you have purchased Learning to Read the Earth and Sky, you can view the accompanying printable tables and figures and additional materials online. These resources are for your personal use only and are not to be redistributed. To view the online extras, please type in…
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Active learning classrooms (ALCs) are designed to support collaborative learning in large class sections that are often taught with a lecture format. Studies on ALCs indicate that they have positive influences on…
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We propose cross-disciplinary learning as a construct that can guide instruction and assessment in programs that feature sequential learning across multiple science disciplines. Cross-disciplinary learning combines…
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Learning the Language of Scientists
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More than 8 out of every 10 college students are not STEM majors, yet we have little understanding about learning expectations for them. We used the results of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute BioInteractive learning…
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Assessment involves an ongoing investigation of student learning that influences teachers’ planning and instruction. Multiple assessment strategies should be used to provide feedback to students and teachers. Such…
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We see, use, and enjoy levers daily—in the operation of pliers, the action of a seesaw, or the beauty of an Alexander Calder mobile. In fact, parts of the human body are levers; think of the knee, elbow, and other…
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The Content-Understanding-Environment instructional framework presented in this book is meant to add some tools to your toolbox. Many of the tools are ones that you already use, but others may be sitting on your…
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Did you ever look out the window on a nice day and dream about what fun it would be to hold class outside? Your students probably feel the same way! Teaching outdoors is rewarding for both teachers and students, and…
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