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It’s difficult for most professors to realize that what’s worked in the past won’t necessarily work with today’s students. Adopting new strategies and technologies is always hard, yet it’s amazing how quickly professors…
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Editorial: Peacekeeping Technology R&D—A Role for Smaller Science Departments
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The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Teaching Science to Students with Learning Differences
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Recent legislation, such as No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) amendments of 1997 and 2004, emphasizes the importance of teaching students with mild disabilities in the…
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Every Day Science Calendar: November 2006
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Science Sampler: How do we know what we know? A look at schemas
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A schema is like a file folder in the mind, a knowledge structure that holds all of a learner’s experiences with a given topic. Schemas are thought to be organized, hierarchical representations of information that can…
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Science Sampler: Teaming up for better teaching
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Lesson study is a form of professional development that has spread across the United States from its origin in Japan (Stigler and Hiebert 1999; Lewis, Perry, and Hurd 2004). In lesson study, teachers form a…
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Safer Science: Live Animals and Dissection
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Responsible Use of Live Animals and Dissection in the Science Classroom, one of NSTA's position statements, emphasizes the role of student interaction with animals in the National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996…
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In over 18 years of operation, the Michigan State University’s “Spartan Speakers Program” has provided over 346 quality seminars, discussions, and workshops at over 40 four-year and community colleges throughout the…
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Scope on Safety: Extinguishing Safety?
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This column shares safety information for your classroom. This month’s issue discusses how to use a fire extinguisher.
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The Early Years: A Reason to Write
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Children love seeing their work and photos of themselves at work. Make this an opportunity for an early literacy experience by creating a book about a classroom investigation. Document each step of the process with…
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Science Sampler: Using art to get kids into and doing science
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In the following lessons, students learn about the biology of birds and conservation issues by bird watching at museums, zoos, and outside in the park or schoolyard. They communicate their understanding of concepts in…
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During a two-week summer camp, third and fourth graders participated in a series of hands-on lessons related to the concepts of mass and volume. Through these measures, organizers were able to assess students in several…
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Schools in the United States are faced with an increasingly diverse student population and a dramatic increase in the number of English language learners (ELLs) in all grades. As such diverse populations grow in this…
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Science Sampler: Multiple intelligences and lab groups
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Science teachers who are committed to excellence in the classroom continually seek ways to improve teaching and learning, and the concept of multiple intelligences holds promise as a method for accomplishing this.…
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Field studies are an excellent way for students to learn ecological concepts and practice doing science. This article presents an approach for the secondary science classroom that permits students to ask and answer…
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