Research and Teaching: Measuring Student Interactions Using Networks: Insights Into the Learning Community of a Large Active Learning Course

Journal Article | December 2016

Collaborative learning in small groups is commonly implemented as a part of student-centered curricula. In large-enrollment courses, details of the interactions among students as a consequence of working in…

Assessment—A Way of Thinking About Learning—Now and in the Future: The Dynamic and Ongoing Nature of Measuring and Improving Student Learning

Journal Article | April 2000

Assessment in our classrooms involves measuring: 1) individual student achievement to informally and formally judge student progress, and 2) total class learning to evaluate pedagogy and adjust teaching to maximize…

Off the Beaten Path: A learning camping experience

Journal Article | February 1999

"Off the Beaten Path" is a program that takes at-risk students out of the traditional classroom and into a camping atmosphere. The program's purpose is to help increase academic achievement, improve self-esteem, and…

Environmental Service Learning: Relevant, Rewarding, and Responsible

Journal Article | June 2008

At Georgia Southern University (GSU), a regional university of 17,000 students, environmental science is a required introductory course for all students. Consequently, environmental-biology class sizes are large, often…

Engaging General Biology Students With Learning Contracts

Journal Article | October 2007

Students in a general biology class used a learning contract where they selected chapter-relevant activities they could complete through several formats: oral, written, or artistic. The majority of students felt they…

Productive Questions: Tools for Supporting Constructivist Learning

Journal Article | April 1999

The six types of productive questions—attention-focusing, measuring and counting, comparison, action, problem-posing, and reasoning—enable teachers to create a bridge between activities and students. A teacher's own…

Editor's Corner: As We Teach, We Learn . . .

Journal Article | October 2001

The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.

Editor's Note: Learning Doesn't Take a Vacation

Journal Article | March 2012

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