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Point of View: In Defense of the Lecture
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Science education research has produced empirical data supporting good teaching techniques. An awareness of this body of knowledge can be helpful in deciding what to do with your 50 minutes to increase the effectiveness…
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Formative Assessment Probes: With a Purpose
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. In this month’s issue the author uses the stages of the SAIL Cycle to reflect upon and share some of the ways the probes published in Science and Children (…
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Guest Editorial: Building Ladders to the Stars
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Young children love the stars and planets. They love the idea of leaving the Earth and traveling to the stars, of meeting aliens and exploring unknown worlds. Our goal in elementary school is to build the ladder to the…
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Do College Introductory Biology Courses Increase Student Ecological Literacy?
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The research described in this article used a pre-/postsurvey design to assess first-year science majors' attitudes and perceptions of the environment and their ecological knowledge.
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Editorial: The Boy Scouts Said It Best—Some Advice on Case-Study Teaching and Student Preparation
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Students are seldom prepared. They have many things, most not related to school, on their minds in college. In large classes in particular, student attendance falls off precipitously with each passing week of the…
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In times of economic downturn, college enrollments often increase. Entering students may come from diverse educational backgrounds and bring variable skill sets. In this article, the authors describe a skills-focused…
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Most editions of supermarket tabloids include "science-related" stories that make science teachers cringe. Find out how they present learning opportunities by helping students to discriminate between factual and bogus…
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It's Time for Adventure Buddies
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The authors describe a partnership among preservice teachers, education students, and classroom teachers in an inquiry-based program that introduces young children to physics by playing on a playground.
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children—2001 (Books published in 2000)
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The books that appear in this annotated bibliography were selected as outstanding children’s science trade books published in 2000. They are intended primarily for kindergarten through eighth grade. They were selected…
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Beyond Paper and Pencil Assessments
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Most paper-and-pencil assessments provide adequate insight into students’ ability and can help effectively guide instruction. A well-designed performance-based assessment propels a science program beyond this level of…
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Deep Space Inquiry: Students become research scientists in search of novas in the Andromeda Galaxy
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In this student-centered research project, the students used images collected by telescopes to look for novas in the Andromeda Galaxy. Students were assigned a section of an image to search for novas, and by comparing…
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Career of the Month: An Interview With Audiologist Brian Fligor
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Hearing is an important sense that many of us take for granted. Unless we are affected by hearing loss, we often do not think twice about listening to our favorite tunes or a neighbor’s conversation. Many things—from a…
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Curriculum integration takes time to develop. It’s not easy to find ways to connect science standards with those in another subject. The science concepts, and those in the other content areas, have to be real and…
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In a "science circus," small groups of students engage in various science activities at a series of stations, then participate in a class discussion that builds understanding about the topic. Examples of the activities…
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After the bell: Mapping your way to geographic awareness: Part II
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Students experience, through simulation, the skills that are required of a cartographer in this activity that integrates literature, history, and science. Students will discover how the technique of mapmaking has…
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