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This column describes creating a classroom culture for engineering.
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How Do Animals Brush Their Teeth?
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Unpacking the STEM Disciplines
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Cultivating Curiosity About Creatures
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Using Popular Fiction to Inspire Scientific Inquiry
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Many teacher educator preparation programs do not provide opportunities for preservice teachers (PSTs) to experience and examine the use of popular fiction as a connection point to science teaching. This study explores…
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English language learners are increasingly entering classrooms using student-centered instruction that places a greater emphasis on spoken language. While active learning is beneficial for a range of student outcomes,…
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Construction Ahead: Evaluating Deployment Methods for Categorization Tasks as Precursors to Lecture
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The authors of this article briefly review the literature rationalizing sorting tasks as a preclass activity for fostering deep initial learning and transfer.
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about levels of organization in the human body. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize cells as the basic unit of both structure…
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Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry
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Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…
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Transform the science fair experience into an authentic summative assessment.
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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 issue describes how to create a video case study.