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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…
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Journal Article |
Critical thinking skills are sought after in the workforce and are often included in course, departmental, and programmatic learning objectives. However, in the curriculum of many courses we tend to focus on…
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The Magic School Bus and Beyond
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Reflecting on This Week’s Daily Do
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An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy
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Cognitive scientists study how people learn. This type of knowledge can be applied in a diverse array of fields, ranging from advertising to journalism and academia. Lindsay Portnoy is a lecturer at Northeastern…
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Crafting and Critiquing Climate Change Evidence Arguments
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Teacher Spotlight: Brenda Walsh
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Instruction that increases acceptance of evolution is essential to effective biology instruction, but instruction about evolution is not consistently correlated with increased levels of acceptance. Does the pedagogical…
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Weather Versus Climate: What’s the Difference?
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, November 10, 2020
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Place-Based Cases: Museum Collaboration Develops Mock Trial CSI Cases
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Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…