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Learning Logs: Writing to Learn, Reading to Assess
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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…
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Learning Science While Constructing Learning Teams
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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…
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Commentary: Together, Learning Science and the Science of Learning
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An opinion piece about professional development and what we want to accomplish through professional development.
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By using the writing process to explore science, students and teachers can find new ways of clarifying, revising, and consolidating knowledge. To achieve this goal, try using The Writing in Science Wheel activity…
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What happens when children and scientists learn together? A partnership is formed, that’s what! This article describes how a university scientist and a teacher teamed up with a local fourth-grade teacher to provide a…
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Fourth-grade students, their teachers, and a group of teachers-to-be explore environmental science through integrated learning phases. Students took a trip to a local creek, conducted science inquiry activities in the…
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This article provides three practical approaches to increase reading-to-learn competencies and student science achievement. These approaches also provide valuable information about student understanding of content.
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Preschool students learn science content naturally by using hands-on explorations of spiders and their webs.
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