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Lesson Plan |
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…
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Journal Article |
Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clickers to improve student learning performance. To fill a gap in the…
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Crosscutting Concepts as Productive Ways of Thinking
Journal Article |
Tips and techniques for creative teaching
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Journal Article |
This paper highlights learning supports associated with genetics lessons that were implemented in a urban high school biology classroom. The supports provided access to science content for ELs, students with IEPs, and…
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Cleaning/Sanitizing/Disinfecting PPE for a Safer Lab Experience
Blog Post |
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Transdisciplinary Learning: Working Across Disciplines to Address Complex Real-World Problems
Professional Learning Unit |
Participants will explore the transdisciplinary approach to STEM education and consider how this shift fosters workforce readiness skills.
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Journal Article |
We carried out a study of an instructional model that integrates flipped classroom with active learning, in-class activities into our biology course, using a mixed methods research design. According to the survey (n =…
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Journal Article |
A physics laboratory instructor used action research to effectively implement a 5E instructional approach, which incorporated scientific practices. The instructor explored how to integrate the instructional approach…
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An Interview With Cognitive Scientist Lindsay Portnoy
Journal Article |
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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Journal Article |
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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning
Journal Article |
This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…
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Journal Article |
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Re-imagining the Role of Families as Equal Partners in STEM Learning
Journal Article |