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Idea Bank: Lessons Learned From Test Writing
Journal Article |
It is a passion for students’ authentic engagement in science that influenced the author’s decision to heed the Utah State Office of Education’s (USOE) call for test writers at a professional workshop last summer. The…
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After the Lab: Learning Begins When Cleanup Starts
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Having students design their own methods regarding data collection during a lab may help them formulate appropriate investigative procedures. The authors use a modified gallery walk to develop science skills.
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Visualizing NeuroscienceL Learning about the Brain through Art
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Neuroscience is a subject that can motivate, excite, and stimulate the curiosity of everyone. However, the study of the brain is made difficult by an abundance of new vocabulary words and abstract concepts. The art…
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Thought for Food: Students learn science with healthy eating
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This article features activities used in a schoolwide science unit on nutrition.
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Web of Life Connections; Learning about the interdependence of life
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This article offers suggestions for helping students understand the interdependence of life through firsthand experiences, by focusing on something familiar—their family, and by playing "what if" games to open up an…
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Research and Teaching: Learning, Reasoning, Motivation and Epistemological Beliefs
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This study explored college students' learning approaches, reasoning abilities, motivational goals, and beliefs abut the nature of science relative to science concept understanding and course achievement. The authors…
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Brain Awareness Day: A Service-Learning Experience in Neuroscience
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Three local colleges in the Lehigh Valley collaborate on a service-learning project called Brain Awareness Day to enhance neuroscience literacy among the public regarding the functions of the brain and benefits of brain…
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Connected Climate Change Learning Through Citizen Science
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Educators in rural Alaska assessed and implemented effective strategies for Indigenous youth in rural Alaska to use GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment), a K–12 classroom learning program…
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Web Seminar |
Strategic partnerships that bring together schools and other organizations–such as museums–have the potential to transform learning in ways that neither partner can accomplish alone. Explore the process, products, and…
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This study investigated how students in an urban 2-year college used self-regulation strategies in a General Chemistry I course and whether their use was correlated with both performance and the ability to correctly…
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Web Seminar |
Join us on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, starting at 12:00 pm ET for a web seminar in the Transforming Science Learning series from NSTA. How can we ensure that students will be able to take what they know and…
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Web Seminar |
How can we ensure that students will be able to take what they know and can do to the next grade level and have the confidence to apply their learning to real-world situations at every age? Explore how sensemaking…
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Web Seminar |
How can we ensure that students will be able to take what they know and can do to the next grade level and have the confidence to apply their learning to real-world situations at every age? Explore how sensemaking…
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Web Seminar |
How can we ensure that students will be able to take what they know and can do to the next grade level and have the confidence to apply their learning to real-world situations at every age? Explore how sensemaking…
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