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Students’ Perceptions of Using Personal Response Systems (“Clickers”) With Case in Science
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The authors explored whether a new pedagogy using personal response systems (clickers) along with case study teaching improved students’ perceptions of their understanding of science in large introductory biology…
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The "Book Bag Buddies" project gives third-grade students a chance to channel their enthusiasm and research from science investigations into writing. Students integrated science content and language arts by using their…
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Science 101: What exactly is energy?
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It isn’t an easy task to explain what energy is. For that simple answer, let’s head to your average science textbook and retrieve the following: “Energy is the ability to do work.” Okay, but what does that mean? What do…
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Research and Teaching: Factors Influencing College Science Success
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As college science teachers, our work is reflected in the achievement of our students. Their success in achieving course goals is our success, and their failure, ours. Predicting course grades is big business. From…
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Supporting English Language Learners’ Reading in the Science Classroom
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It may seem obvious that students with limited reading skills also have limited educational opportunities. Students acquiring English as their second, non-native language—presently referred to as English Language…
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This "Biology Senior Seminar" is a prerequisite for all biology majors. The course integrates curriculum studies with critical analysis of current biology research and communication skills to provide a capstone…
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Editor’s Note: We Resourceful Teachers
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Many things have changed in education in recent decades. There is an obsession with standards and assessments, for example. But one thing hasn’t changed: Teachers rarely have the resources to do their jobs. One thing a…
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Formative Assessment Probes: “Doing” Science
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The “Doing Science” probe from Uncovering Student Ideas in Science: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes (Keeley, Eberle, and Dorsey 2008) can reveal some surprising ideas your students have about how scientists do…
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Science 101: Is it possible to turn coal into diamonds?
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How cool would it be to be Lois Lane? Anytime she wants a diamond, she just has Superman use his super strength to squeeze a lump of coal. But is this really possible? Using a high enough temperature and enough pressure…
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Wonderful Wikis and Internet Forums
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Wikis are collaborative websites where visitors can edit anything they want, anytime they want. Essentially online “whiteboards,” wikis allow groups of people to create documents and projects together. Internet forums,…
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Eight Earth science graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) participated in a semester-long seminar designed to facilitate change in their practice. The seminar used lesson-study methodology to facilitate discussion of GTAs…
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Dubbed a “dialogue of life,” community immersion in preservice science-teacher education aims at providing a true-to-life and empowering opportunity for prospective science teachers (both elementary and secondary) to…
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Twisters, Tall Tales, & Science Teaching
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Legends and tall tales have been part of the American culture for ages. Your students are probably already familiar with the tales of how Pecos Bill fearlessly tamed a ferocious tornado, or Paul Bunyan effortlessly…
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Editor’s Corner: Community Service Learning—Making Education Interesting and Relevant
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It makes good sense that community service learning can engage students. For students at risk of dropping out, it may provide the vital connection with adults and peers—and the opportunity for interesting, authentic…
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Building Science Process Skills
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A well-designed and executed field trip experience serves not only to enrich and supplement course content, but also creates opportunities to build basic science process skills. This article describes an onsite trip to…
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