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Editor’s Roundtable: Monitoring and assessing student learning
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An effective teacher never leaves a key part of a lesson without checking to make sure there is an appropriate level of mastery before moving on to the next lesson segment. Teachers must monitor and assess student…
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Research and Teaching: Gauging Students’ Learning in the Classroom
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To find out what helps students to learn, the author administered Elaine Seymour’s Student Assessment of their learning Gains instrument to her introductory biology classes. Using the student feedback from the 1998…
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Harry Potter as a Context for Problem-Based Learning
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This innovative thematic unit for middle school students builds on the Harry Potter phenomenon. Students are immersed in problem-based learning as they study a science and language arts curriculum as it might have been…
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Editor's Corner: Project-Based Science Learning
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Interactive Taste Tests Enhance Student Learning
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If we could effectively engage students in general science curricula and lead them to recognize the everyday relevance of scientific concepts, we would significantly strengthen the understanding of science among our…
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Methods and Strategies: Learning Science in Cultural Context
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue describes students taking a school yard hike to identify rock and mineral materials in and around students' classroom that…
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Science + Art = Enhanced Learning Experiences for Students
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Blend art and science to promote student thinking, interaction with phenomena, and diverse modes of expression.
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Assessment in Online Learning—It's a Matter of Time
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This article reviews how students in an online Earth and Space Science course interact with various online assessments.
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Examinations That Support Collaborative Learning: The Students' Perspective
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The authors used surveys and classroom observations to examine student reactions to two-stage exams, where students first do the exam individually and then redo it collaboratively.
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Eliminating the Textbook: Learning Science With Cell Phones
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This article describes a study that compares student learning in an ecology course between a semester in which cell phones were used to access information.
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The Prepared Practitioner: Learning Science Beyond the Classroom
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Have you ever learned science outside of school, free of fact-based standards and tests? Were you at a museum, national park, or maybe in front of a TV? Science educators refer to this kind of learning as free-choice…
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Service Learning: A Way to Connect Science to the Community
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How often have we tried to connect middle school science to students' lives only to lack an idea or a vehicle for making the connection? Service learning can provide that kind of link for students. It is a teaching and…
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Editor's Note: 'Tis the Season for Outdoor Learning
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Science Sampler: Students learn best by teaching
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Traditionally, science fair projects allow students to share their personal investigations about nature. In a science fair presentation, a student typically lectures, pointing out observations, data, analysis, and…
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Take a Fresh Look at Connected Science Learning
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Editor Dennis Schatz welcomes you to the latest issue of Connected Science Learning, focused on STEM Learning Through Afterschool Experiences, and introduces the journal’s incoming Field Editor, Beth Murphy. …
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