Global Environmental Issues and the Circular Bioeconomy

Journal Article | May 2020

ROBERT SMITH AND MARK RUDNICKI … Robert Smith …

Who Gets Helped? The Opportunity Structure of the College Physics Classroom, Peer Instruction, and Perceptions of Help Seeking

Journal Article | November 2019

In this article, the authors explore the opportunity structure in a physics course to identify differences in perception of classroom community among students.

Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement

Journal Article | July 2020

Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction. A foundational pillar of the LA model is the LA pedagogy course,…

Awards and Recognition Program

Page | March 2020

Robert … The Robert E. Yager Exemplary Teaching Award will recognize six (6) full-time … > Robert …

NSTA Press® Sample Chapters

Page | May 2020

Zubrowski, Vivian Troen, and Marian Pasquale     • Free chapter …

Student Chapters

Page | February 2020

In addition to our state/province chapters, NSTA has over 100 student chapters (see list below). NSTA and the student chapters are separate but interdependent organizations that have elected to ally themselves to…

Test Blueprints in the Science Classroom

Journal Article | October 2019

Sitting in a fall staff meeting, you lean over to tell a science teacher colleague you have settled in for the school year. You have learned your students’ names, your seating chart has changed, and your first…

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Use of Speaking, Listening, and Writing Skills to Understand the Importance of Nature of Science Instruction

Journal Article | July 2020

There has been a focus on improving teachers’ views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary…

Arriving at a Better Answer: A Decision Matrix for Science Lab Course Format

Journal Article | March 2019

This article presents a single case study and a decision matrix for how one institution informed their choice for the modality of a chemistry lab course.

The New Space Race

Journal Article | November 2019

in historical context. Robert Kurson’s book on the Apollo 8 mission …

Best Science Books of 2019

Journal Article | March 2020

by Robert Kurson The civil rights …

Online Connections: Science Scope

Page | January 2020

Online Connections: Science Scope July/August 2020 Illuminating the Universe Final project packet Final project rubric Exploring Earth Geoscience Processes Blank student sheets for Mars Valles Marineris flight Learning Business Economics and Fermentation Appendices Flight of the…

Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College

Journal Article | July 2020

Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC and other technical and community colleges are significant in educating…

Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course

Journal Article | April 2020

An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science…

Collaborative Assessments

Journal Article | August 2020