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  • The Way They Want to Learn

    Journal Article |

    This article discusses students using technology to build their literacy across science disciplines. Six free software and web applications are highlighted, as well as ways to use them in the classroom.

  • The Constructivist Learning Model

    Journal Article |

    Much cognitive science research has been used to support a new model of learning. This most promising new model is called the Constructivist Learning Model (CLM). Russell Yeany (University of Georgia) has called CLM the…

  • Commentary: Community Learning

    Journal Article |

    An opinion piece about the Department of Education's Smaller Learning Community Program (SLCP), which aims to stimulate a complete redesign of secondary education.

  • Learning from Problems

    Journal Article |

    Problem-based learning (PBL) is a powerful vehicle for inquiry-based learning in which students use an authentic problem as the context for an in-depth investigation of what they need and want to know (Checkly, 1997).…

  • Learning Concepts With Cases

    Journal Article |

    The case study method can be an effective pedagogy to address the problems in science education. The National Research Council has identified three principals about how students learn science in the classroom. First…

  • Learning in Virtual Environments

    Journal Article |

    A charter school for homeschooled students tries its hand at distance education. The activities in this article demonstrate how learning takes place in the virtual environment.

  • A Museum Learning Lab

    Journal Article |

    The “Learning Lab: The Cell” exhibit was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum and the MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS). Specially designed for middle and high school…

  • On Clickers, Questions, and Learning

    Journal Article |

    The purpose of this paper is to review the procedures used to help students become learning victors. Specifically, this paper will discuss the process used to integrate classroom-response-system technology and question-…

  • A Hub for STEM Learning

    Journal Article |

    The Exploratorium Teacher Institute leverages a network of teachers, education researchers, practicing scientists, and informal education staff to address the professional learning needs of secondary science teachers.…

  • STEM Learning Ecologies

    Journal Article |

    The science education community is buzzing about STEM learning ecosystems, ecologies of learning, and ecological perspectives on learning. You may not know it, but if your teaching involves building on young people’s…

  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data to Support Student Sensemaking in a High School Evolution Unit

    Professional Learning Unit |

    This Professional Learning Unit uses a storyline unit with an anchoring phenomenon that is a case study in which the patient has acute mountain sickness at Everest base camp to focus participant learning on how the…

  • Addressing Laboratory Activity Safety Hazards/Risks: Hierarchy of Controls

    Professional Learning Unit |

    Science instructional sites (e.g. laboratory, classroom, field) can be unsafe, given the potential biological, chemical, and physical hazards and resulting health and safety risks. This module will help teachers learn a…

  • Leading the Implementation of High Quality Instructional Materials to Enact Standards

    Professional Learning Unit |

    High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) designed for next generation science can make a difference in the quality of equitable science teaching and learning throughout the educational system and for all learners (i.…

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