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Journal Article | April 2020
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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Planting 3D Instruction in Your Classroom
Journal Article | June 2020
for real-world phenomena, examples or events …
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Supporting Equity in the Classroom
Blog Post | April 2020
is something to focus on when we choose relevant, authentic phenomena … to use the three dimensions to make sense of phenomena. …
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Teaching and Learning Through Storylines
Blog Post | March 2020
students engage with anchoring phenomena such as watching a video in which … whether a new plastic cup keeps a drink colder. These phenomena result … the problem. Repeatedly in the unit, the class returns to the phenomena …
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Making Student Thinking Visible
Blog Post | April 2020
in the three dimensions to figure out phenomena. For students, making thinking … for all students to “go public” when making sense of phenomena—revealing …
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Lesson Plan | April 2020
structures and phenomena. Provide an opportunity for students to critique … structures and phenomena. Provide an opportunity for students to critique … An enormous variety of biological, chemical, and physical phenomena …
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Position Statement | June 2020
and events. Phenomena that can be observed or measured are amenable … are not a part of science. As a result, explanations of natural phenomena … science is limited to explaining natural phenomena through testing based …
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Supporting Equity in the Classroom
Blog Post | January 2020
is something to focus on when we choose relevant, authentic phenomena … to use the three dimensions to make sense of phenomena …
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Journal Article | March 2017
Increases in student-centered pedagogy have been more prevalent in K–12 education than in collegiate undergraduate science education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of using student-centered…
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Remote Learning: What I Thought I Knew, and What I Learned
Blog Post | July 2020
to collaboratively formulate questions arising from phenomena, then building … to focus on phenomena-driven instruction with sensemaking at the forefront … We quickly began to adapt our phenomena-driven units and lessons to a remote …
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Blog Post | July 2020
sense of phenomena and solving problems is a keystone of three-dimensional … teaching and learning. Having students’ questions about phenomena drive … concepts to explain how or why phenomena occur. However, engaging in science …
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Blog Post | May 2020
has led to a much-needed shift from decontextualized science learning to phenomena … on real-world phenomena. … it was evident that without phenomena of consequential concern, students were still …
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Investigating Environmental Racism in the High School Biology Classroom
Blog Post | May 2020
Now my units are based on justice-centered phenomena, ones that encourage … racial phenomena in ecology called environmental racism … the phenomena lead students to have complicated conversations about racism …
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How Do Asteroids Cross Earth's Path?
Lesson Plan | June 2020
with phenomena related to the phenomenon over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Students … related phenomena might include "shooting stars", planes or land vehicles … a few minutes, ask students to share their related phenomena with a partner …
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Lesson Plan | July 2020
are centered around relevant science phenomena and raise common questions … explanations of phenomena. Conversely, they are intended to move student thinking … to be authentic, phenomena-driven, rooted in science, and focused on …