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Disciplinary Core Ideas: Reshaping Teaching and Learning (e-book)
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Like all enthusiastic teachers, you want your students to see the connections between important science concepts so they can grasp how the world works now—and maybe even make it work better in the future. But how…
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Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom (e-book)
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New in 2020! “Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning Into the K–2 Classroom is a critically important contribution toward advancing STEM teaching and learning. It blazes a trail for early elementary classroom…
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Crosscutting Concepts: Strengthening Science and Engineering Learning (e-book)
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Maybe you have a good grasp of disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices—critical parts of the Next Generation Science Standards—but you are looking for more resources about integrating crosscutting…
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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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At Clemson University, a study was conducted to establish relevance and significance of a new model to describe individual differences in learning patterns among students. Results showed significant differences between…
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Student-Centered Learning in an Earth Science, Preservice, Teacher-Education Course
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In an effort to get elementary teachers to teach more science in the classroom, a required preservice science education course was designed to promote the use of hands-on teaching techniques. This paper describes course…
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Fact or Fiction? Female students learn to critically evaluate science on the Internet
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To introduce students to computer technology, the authors used a web-based science project, “Tabloid Trash vs. Serious Science,” in several secondary science courses at Columbia School for Girls. Their intent was…
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Assessing Science Learning: Perspectives From Research and Practice (e-book)
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This book contains many essays and multiple examples of meaningful science assessment practices they explore. The collations of essays reflect work with socioeconomically and ethnically diverse populations to better…
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The Nature of Haiku: Students use haiku to learn about the natural world
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Haiku takes advantage of children’s curiosity and interest in nature. The open-ended nature of haiku writing is motivational and student centered. Also, the simplicity of haiku allows children to have successful writing…
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Research and Teaching: Assessing the Effects of Prior Conceptions on Learning Gene Expression
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Gene expression is a highly theoretical concept that requires advanced reasoning skills to comprehend. Often, students receive instruction but fail to replace prior conceptions and thus do not benefit. To investigate…
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The Case Study: The Bee and the Groundhog: Lessons in Cooperative Learning—Troubles with Groups
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue takes a look at a typical group of students…
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