Research and Teaching: Think Before (and After) You Speak: Practice and Self-Reflection Bolster Oral Communication Skills

Journal Article | June 2016

In this study, conservation biology faculty and practitioners from across the United States designed classroom exercises and teaching interventions intended to bolster oral communication skills. Through repeated oral…

Haiku and Science—Observing, Reflecting, and Writing about Nature: Using an Art Form that Demands Careful Observation of the Natural World

Journal Article | February 1999

Haiku and science both focus on nature and require excellent observational abilities. This article describes the characteristics of haiku and a haiku assignment used in college biology courses. Students carefully…

Reflecting on the Flipped Classroom

Blog Post | February 2019

Doug Stith uses a form of the flipped classroom he calls Learner-Paced Science with his sixth graders at Londonderry Middle School in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Older students serve as his assistants. Here an assistant…

Reflecting on This Week’s Daily Do

Blog Post | April 2020

Reflecting on this week’s Daily Do

Blog Post | April 2020

Reflecting on this week’s Daily Do

Blog Post | April 2020

Encouraging Equitable Enrollment—A Second Look: Five-year study results reflect increased science enrollment from underrepresented groups

Journal Article | January 2002

In 1997, Project JUST (Join Underrepresented in Science and Technology) was launched. This school system project increased the number of underrepresented minority students taking and completing high school science and…

Reflecting on this week’s Daily Do

Blog Post | April 2020