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Book Chapter | May 2012
As a teacher, you can threaten, cajole, plead, or reward students into doing what you want, but the ultimate decision about how much to participate is made by the students. This chapter gives many suggestions of new…
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Strategies for Teaching Science to English Learners
Book Chapter | January 2006
Teachers who teach science play a key role with English language learners (ELLs). In this chapter, the authors discuss strategies teachers can use to help English language learners learn science while improving their…
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Applying Conceptual Change Strategies to College Science Teaching
Book Chapter | January 2006
This chapter will focus on meaningful learning and conceptual change from the perspective of science education. The authors describe in detail two case studies of conceptual change-based curricula—one that focuses on…
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Community-Informed STEM Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Educators During COVID
Journal Article | August 2022
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Methods and Strategies: Responsive Teaching
Journal Article | September 2019
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching.
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Journal Article | February 2021
In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students improve their physics knowledge and problem-solving skills. In this…
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Teacher's Toolkit: Strategies for co-teaching and teacher collaborations
Journal Article | September 2019
How-to strategies and classroom management
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The Poetry of Science: Teaching Strategies
Journal Article | September 2018
Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This poem introduces observation and the skills of a natural scientist.
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Strategies for Teaching Something New
Journal Article | September 2004
It is the beginning of another school year and, after teaching sixth-grade life science for 15 years, you are now asked to teach eighth-grade Earth science! Panic sets in and you begin to feel like a first-year teacher…
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Methods and Strategies: Teaching in Real Time
Journal Article | September 2015
This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue shows how to integrate continuous formative assessment into inquiry-based classroom instruction.
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Methods and Strategies: "Inquirize" Your Teaching
Journal Article | March 2007
The basic elements of inquiry include: ask a question, conduct an investigation, make observations and collect data, use data to develop an explanation, and communicate results. The 5E learning cycle model is very…
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Methods and Strategies: Concept-Focused Teaching
Journal Article | December 2008
One of the main problems we face in science teaching is that students are learning isolated facts and missing central concepts. For instance, consider what you know about life cycles. Chances are that you remember…
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Methods and Strategies: Teaching About Animals
Journal Article | September 2007
When asking about animals, it is hard to find a person who doesn’t recall a beloved pet or share that they’ve always loved dolphins, snakes, or ladybugs. A study of animals in an early childhood classroom, then, would…
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Methods and Strategies: The Teaching-With-Analogies Model
Journal Article | April 2007
Teachers often use analogies and are unaware of it—they are using them automatically. Whenever they begin an explanation with “It’s just like…,” “It’s similar to…,” or “Think of it this way…,” they are using an analogy…
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Journal Article | September 2019
The authors offer recommendations to universities interested in establishing a paired teaching program and to faculty members preparing to pair-teach.
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