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  • Accessible Physics for All

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  • Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson

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    This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction.…

  • Sandy and Dusty Worlds

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  • Highlights From the NSTA Research Committee

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  • Engineering for Ecological and Social Justice

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  • Complexity in Conservation

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  • Team Players?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit student’ ideas about engineers and teamwork. The probe is designed to see if students recognize that different types of engineers and other professionals must work as…

  • The Perfect Match

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    A lesson that focuses on the intricate co-evolution of flowers with their pollinators is one way to help students learn the delicate balance in nature and help ensure that our actions do not upset this balance. In this…

  • Magnets in Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetism. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students believe air is necessary for magnets to work.

  • Developing and Using Computer Models to Understand Epidemics

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  • Global Warming

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.

  • Iron Bar

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about atoms. The probe is specifically designed to determine whether students can use the idea of atoms to explain why a metal expands when heated.…

  • Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

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    Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postsecondary STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)…

  • What Is a Hypothesis?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about hypotheses. The probe is designed to find out if students understand what a hypothesis is, when it is used, and how it is developed.

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