Editor's Note: Learning Through Learning

Journal Article | October 2018

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.

Engaging Students in Developing and Using Models

Professional Learning Unit | March 2022

This Professional Learning Unit will provide educators strategies for supporting K-12 students in beginning to develop the knowledge and skills needed to engage with this practice. Educators will also recognize the…

Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms: Module 3: Using Science Notebooks as a Thinking and Learning Tool

Professional Learning Course Module | May 2023

In this module,  you will use notebook strategies through an intentionally designed learning sequence to make sense of an observable phenomenon: time zones.  You will use this experience to build your…

Defining and Measuring STEM Identity and Interest in STEM Learning

Journal Article | November 2019

A growing number of educators are focused on increasing students’ interest in and developing their identity in relation to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) as an intended outcome of their out-of-school…

Shared Measures for STEM and Science Learning Through the ActApp

Journal Article | July 2019

Many formal and informal science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning programs want to understand the impact their work has on learner outcomes. This can be difficult, especially in informal settings (e.g…

Supporting Equitable Sensemaking - A Strategy for Educators

Professional Learning Unit | January 2022

How do students build targeted science ideas and concepts? The Supporting Equitable Sensemaking - A Strategy for Educators PLU explores how the use of modalities and intentional student interactions create opportunity…

‘Strategic and Steady Can Win the Race’: Incremental exposure to novel pedagogies can help change STEM faculty ‘teaching and learning’ attitudes and practices

Journal Article | October 2024

Evidence-based pedagogies to improve STEM student success are now recognized, but their successful incorporation can be hampered by STEM faculty wariness of novel pedagogical research. To support these pedagogies’…

Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Video-Based Active Learning in University-Level Biology Classes:

Journal Article | July 2020

We quantified student perceptions of an active learning exercise, based on open-educational video resources, in both a first-year seminar class (Natural Environment of Athens and Georgia, three sections), and a larger…

An Investigation Into the Impact of the Flipped Classroom With Active Learning on the Perception and Performance of Biology Nonmajor Students at the Undergraduate Level

Journal Article | October 2020

We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…

Engineering Essential Attributes of Cooperative Learning and Quality Discourse in a Large Enrollment Course by Leveraging Clicker Devices

Journal Article | April 2020

This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and discourse patterns within student teams during class periods. Clicker…

Learning Logs: Writing to Learn, Reading to Assess

Journal Article | October 2005

Good inquiry activities help students hone their inquiry abilities and teach them about the nature of science. Inquiry is also a way to teach science content, and teachers need to know if this instruction is helping…

Learning Science While Constructing Learning Teams

Journal Article | April 2009

Many science educators are proponents of cooperative learning, but struggle to find equitable and effective ways to build groups. In this article, the author describes her method for forming heterogeneous cooperative…