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Helping Students Save: Assigning Textbooks Early Can Save Money and Enhance Learning
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Education costs, especially textbook prices, are outpacing inflation and becoming a serious financial burden for college students. Because student textbook use is linked to academic performance, making textbooks more…
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The use of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction has the affordances of combining harmonious content area connections into real-world experiences that are both engaging and…
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An Improved Design for In-Class Review
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We present the theory and implementation of a review strategy based on testing rather than lecturing. We also show the results of a beginning-of-course review using the format of a two-stage examination, in which…
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Two-Year Community: Integrating Reading Skills in an Introductory Science Classroom
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Typically science textbooks communicate information in a discipline-specific manner. To read an average science textbook, students need to understand cause/effect, learn a new language, interpret charts/graphs, and make…
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Case Study: The 20/80% Rule: Presentation Is the Key
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There are a million things that we do in the classroom every day that make or break a lesson. Just as there are good ways to give a lecture, there is an assortment of ways to encourage discussion, starting with how we…
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The learning goals of a lower division honors course, Science as a Way of Knowing, include critical thinking, scientific literacy, quantitative reasoning, communication, and teamwork. To help students develop skills and…
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Research and Teaching: During POGIL Implementation the Professor Still Makes a Difference
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One common notion is that all classrooms using Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) are the same. Though POGIL has essential components, this research found that students’ conceptual achievement, a classroom…
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Despite the large body of evidence that indicates activity-based instruction is more effective than lecture-only instruction, for the purpose of workload calculation, many community colleges assign less value to the…
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A series of activities helps young students learn about fossils.
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Third-grade students solve a real-world problem using the engineering design process, collaborative group work, and integrated STEM education.
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An elementary STEM-focused event brings students and families together.
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Using a daily morning routine to link science, math, literacy, and social studies in a kindergarten classroom.
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Observing ladybugs offers opportunities to integrate language arts into a life cycle unit.
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Editor's Note: Identifying a Progression of Learning
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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Guest Editorial: The Next Generation Science Standards: Where Are We Now and What Have We Learned?
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Review 10 important lessons learned since the release of the NGSS nearly two years ago.
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