A Successful Model for Introducing Research in an Undergraduate Program: Confronting the Challenge of Drawing Minorities into Graduate Computer Programs at Florida A&M University

Journal Article | October 1998

The challenges of introducing research in undergraduate programs at four-year institutions are many. Florida A…

Integrating Bibliographic Software, Database Searching, and Molecular Modeling in an Introductory Biology Course: A Collaboration Between the Biology Department and the Science Librarian

Journal Article | February 2007

Librarians instruct students where to find information, but rarely demonstrate its management, while faculty have difficulty incorporating real-time laboratory experience with library research. This paper focuses on the…

Research and Teaching: How Constructivist Are We? Representations of Transmission and Participatory Models of Instruction in the <em>Journal of College Science Teaching</em>

Journal Article | June 2007

Constructivism has become a widely understood and broadly accepted learning theory. Constructivism contends that each of us makes sense of our world by connecting new experiences to our existing understandings. Learners…

Rev Up Your Veggies! Building model race cars lets students explore physical science concepts and promotes cooperative learning

Journal Article | August 2000

Intended as a contest to promote teamwork and encourage innovative thinking with a focus on nutrition, the Lunch Box Derby challenges fourth- and fifth-grades students to design, build, and race cars made from fresh…

Research and Teaching: Structure and Evaluation of a Flipped General Chemistry Course as a Model for Small and Large Gateway Science Courses at an Urban Public Institution

Journal Article | December 2017

In this article, the authors describe their approach to flipping the General Chemistry sequence at two different colleges within the City University of New York, a large, urban public university system. Our results…

Archive: How the OpenSciEd Instructional Model Supports a Coherent Sequence that Addresses Student Questions and Achieves Specified Outcomes, May 20, 2020

Web Seminar | May 2020

Explore how classroom routines embedded in the OpenSciEd units use student questions to drive the direction of students’ investigations and knowledge building.

Models, and maps, and spatial understanding

Blog Post | September 2011

Teaching spatial awareness is part of most early childhood standards, such as the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework (Understands directionality, order, and position of objects, such as up, down,…