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Classic Lessons 2.0: Project- and problem-based learning and assessment
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This article describes an activity that primarily focuses on project-based learning where students are actively engaged to solve the challenge of building a paper roller coaster that meets specific criteria (e.g., a…
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Teacher to Teacher: Transitioning to Three-Dimensional Learning With Evidence Statements
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This column provides practical advice from your peers. Incorporating three-dimensional learning in the classroom requires teachers to change how they present lessons and assessments to students. This article shows…
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From the Editor’s Desk: Engaging Students in Learning Through Assessment
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Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Tried and True: Problem-Based, Enhanced–Language Learning With Pendulums
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This column provides classic demonstrations and experiments with a new twist. This article describes a pendulum PBELL experience developed and implemented in university methods classes and an eighth-grade classroom in…
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Learning Experiences of University Biology Faculty: A Qualitative Pilot Study
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The study described in this article incorporates qualitative research through in-depth, individual, structured interviews with 12 biology faculty from two Midwestern universities to explore perceptions about how they…
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The Four Strands of Science Learning and the Next Generation Science Standards
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How you can create greater proficiency in your middle school classroom.
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Digital Badges in Science: A Novel Approach to the Assessment of Student Learning
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Digital badging is an innovative method of valid, evidence-based assessment that may be used to assess hands-on skills in undergraduate science laboratories, in research laboratories, and in fieldwork. The authors have…
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Science Sampler: Plastics in our environment—A jigsaw learning activity
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In this lesson, a ready-to-teach cooperative reading activity, students learn about the effects of plastics n our environment, specifically that certain petrochemicals act as artificial estrogens and impact hormonal…
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A Universal Idea: Teaching planet classification using the learning cycle
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Learning cycle investigations allow science students to model the activities of real scientists. Using the Internet in this learning cycle-based activity allows students to collect accurate and current data about the…
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