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Learning to Write and Writing to Learn in Science: Refutational Texts and Analytical Rubrics
Journal Article |
Most middle school science teachers are familiar with the idea of reading and writing across the curriculum. We, as science teachers, understand that our students need time, practice, and lots of encouragement in order…
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Science Notebooks in Student-Centered Classrooms: Module 1: Using Science Notebooks for Sensemaking
Professional Learning Unit |
In this module, you will examine various ways scientists use science notebooks and a science notebook strategy to experience the critical components of sensemaking.
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Research and Teaching: Growing a Learning Assistant Program: Using Perceptions to Inform Improvement
Journal Article |
The authors describe a study used to gather learning assistant and faculty member perceptions to understand if programmatic goals of learning assistant programs are being met.
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Journal Article |
This articles describes a course that provided students with hands-on research opportunities and benefited the animals’ behavioral welfare.
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Science Notebooks in Student Centered Classrooms
Professional Learning Course |
Science notebooks are a powerful and flexible tool to support students’ sensemaking. The science notebook creates a space for students to document their thinking, develop and revise models, plan investigations, and…
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Science Sampler: Conceptualizing Moon Phases—Helping students learn how to learn
Journal Article |
Helping students understand how to learn is an important goal for all subjects and levels of education. While this goal is highly regarded, promoting it is extremely difficult. Many times, we as teachers are consumed…
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Learning Science and the Science of Learning: Science Educators' Essay Collection (e-book)
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Sure, you teach science. But do your students really learn it? Students of all ages will absorb more if you adapt the way you teach to the way they learn. That's the message of this thoughtful collection of 12 essays by…
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Journal Article |
The continual student interaction involved in cooperative learning helps students gain a better comprehension of concepts and cultivate their capacity for scientific inquiry. When activities revolve around learning…
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Navigating the Active Learning Swamp
Journal Article |
The authors surveyed 29 fellow faculty by asking them to define active learning, to rate how effectively different teaching techniques contribute to active learning, and to list the three teaching techniques they use…
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Perspectives: Assessing for Science Learning
Journal Article |
Often the word assessment conjures up the notion of tests or quizzes that occur at the end of a lesson or a unit. These summative assessments take place when an instructional sequence is completed, providing a summary…
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