Editor’s Corner: Model Biology

Journal Article | January 2011

Models are at the core of the scientific enterprise. They help us make predictions, understand complex systems, generate new ideas, and visualize both the very large and the very small. The generation of models is the…

3-D Teaching Models for All

Journal Article | February 2010

Allowing a student to “see” through touch what other students see through a microscope can be a challenging task. Therefore, author Joan Bradley created three-dimensional (3-D) models with one student’s visual…

Generate an Argument: An Instructional Model

Journal Article | June 2010

The Generate an Argument instructional model was designed to engage students in scientific argumentation. By using this model, students develop complex reasoning and critical-thinking skills, understand the nature and…

Science Shorts: Making Models

Journal Article | January 2007

Science and art are both creative ways of understanding the world and representing what we have come to know about it. The concrete, tangible aspects of art often provide a venue for students to convey their grasp of…

Developing and Using Models in Physics

Journal Article | August 2013

Grounding instruction around scientifically rich, often complex natural phenomena.