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Integrating Science Communication Into a Large STEM Classroom
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The communication of scientific findings through writing is an important skill for undergraduate science majors to develop as they move through their respective degree programs. Seeing the importance of science…
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STEM Teaching Reform: Incremental Pathways
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For almost 1,000 years, lecture has been the predominant form of teaching. There has been increasing pressure to abandon lecturing and instead use more active learning strategies. An unfortunate outcome is that didactic…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the greenhouse effect. The probe is designed to reveal whether students confuse the greenhouse effect with other environmental concerns or lump the…
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Wood Dust in the Lab—A Major Safety Issue!
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Innovative Technology Enhances Outdoor Learning Experiences With Playground Physics
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This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies or television shows in which spaceships turn by banking or using wing…
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Data Investigations to Further Social Justice Inside and Outside of STEM
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Book Review: Integrating STEM Teaching and Learning into the K–2 Classroom
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Visualizing U.S. Energy Use and Production 50 Years Ago
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What Is a STEM Learning Ecosystem? Lessons From the Natural World
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that forces can act both in direct contact with an object and at a…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mountain formation. The probe is designed to determine whether students recognize that some mountains are formed from the uplift of Earth’s crust…
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