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Integrating Engineering Practices and Career Competencies into Science Classrooms
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A Framework for K-12 Education calls for the integration of engineering design into K-12 science classrooms. This PLU introduces the challenges and opportunities this shift raises. Participants will explore connections…
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A Layered Approach to Scientific Models
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Creating Class Consensus Models to Support Student Sensemaking
Professional Learning Unit |
Gain experience and strategies in using the wealth of your students’ ideas to collaboratively build consensus models for complex phenomena.
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Comparing Academically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups in an Active Learning Physics Class
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Many methods have been developed for managing groups in active learning classes, but little research has been done on the effect of group structure itself. Results are presented for an active learning physics class in…
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Working With NSTA Student Chapters on Community-Focused Science Events
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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning
Journal Article |
This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…
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Using Computational Thinking and Modeling to Build Water and Watershed Literacy
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Quickly Teaching Speed, Velocity, and Acceleration—Part 2
Journal Article |
In the February 2019 issue we looked at teaching speed and velocity. Now we’re ready to tackle acceleration.
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School Laboratory Employee Safety Training Requirements
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Professional Learning in Science Education
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Journal Article |
To support undergraduate instruction and learning outcomes (i.e., systems thinking and decision-making in interdisciplinary contexts) grounded in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus (FEW Nexus), we implemented a multiyear…
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Integrated Concentration in Science
Journal Article |
The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary STEM collaboration in the solution of real-world problems and encourage…
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COVID-19: Fortifying Your Personal Finances During the Pandemic
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Journal Article |
As undergraduate institutions rely more heavily on teaching assistants (TAs) they are simultaneously encouraging implementation of course-based research experiences (CBREs). Due to the dynamic nature of CBREs, it is…
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Volunteering + You = A Successful NSTA
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