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  • Integrating Technology to Support Classroom Argumentation

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  • Combustion and a Jumping Flame

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  • Is It a Solid?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about solids. The probe is designed to reveal the macroscopic and/or microscopic properties students use to decide whether a material is a solid.

  • Student-Driven Research in the First Year

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    We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an…

  • Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:

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    Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving student learning and retention when compared with traditional, lecture-…

  • Will It Form a New Substance?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out how students determine whether a new substance with a different chemical makeup is formed when…

  • Mass, Volume, and Density

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out whether students have commonly held ideas about mass, volume, shape, and other properties that interfere…

  • Employee Rights Relative to Hazardous Chemical Injury

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  • The 2000-Meter Row

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  • Q: What are waves, and what are some things they can do?

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  • Teacher Spotlight: Daniel Delcher

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  • Science For All

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    This issue of The Science Teacher marks our 24th consecutive annual issue devoted to the theme, “Science for All.” Each year this special issue presents ideas and teaching strategies for helping all learners find…

  • Remembering Bill Aldridge

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  • Engineers’ Models

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about different types of models commonly developed by engineers. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that just like scientists,…

  • Chemical Bonds

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical bonds. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret molecular models.

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