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The Biology Department at James Madison University assesses scientific and quantitative reasoning skills in STEM majors in a content-independent manner by using a multiple-choice exam called the Natural World-9. The…
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Safer Science: Adopting STEM Safely
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses implementing STEM practices in the classroom with safety in mind.
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Shedding Light on Engineering Design
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Scientific inquiry leads to an engineering challenge and both are illuminated. The authors share their instructional approach and demonstrate how teachers can take small steps toward effectively incorporating…
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Commentary: Partnerships—Promoting Excellence and Equity in Science
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An opinion piece about how to succeed in promoting excellence and equity in science. We must work with other organizations and agencies to provide high-quality professional development experiences for all science…
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Scope on the Skies: A Planetpalooza
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s column discusses planet viewing and space flights.
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This article describes a program in which middle-school girls are paired with women undergraduate science majors to carry out hands-on laboratory experiments that relate everyday life. The goal of this science mentoring…
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This university-sponsored educational family event inspired teacher candidates, students, and parents by demonstrating numerous scientific activities, showing how opportunities for science learning go “beyond homework…
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Career of the Month: Visualization Scientist
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. In this month’s issue Carter Emmart describes what it is like to be a visualization scientist.
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A study was conducted to promote higher order cognitive skills (HOCS) in a chemistry class using the GOAL (Gather, Organize, Analyze, and Learn) method. Students were assigned four qualitative problems specifically…
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Self-Assembly: How Nature Builds
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Self-assembly or spontaneous assembly is a process in which materials build themselves without assistance (Goodsell 2000). Presented here is a simple in-class exercise that underlines the basic principles of self-…
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Science Sampler: A five-step approach to planning for technology in new science spaces
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Cutting-edge technology such as interactive whiteboards, PDAs, and BlackBerry-enabled cell phones are becoming more common in the classroom, but rapid technological advances such as these present a challenge to those…
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The Gigantic Titanic Egg Disaster
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This activity features an iceberg-disaster simulation called the "Gigantic Titanic Egg Disaster." Students enjoy using their own problem-solving skills and creativity to prevent a Titanic disaster.
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Chemistry teachers are often encountered with the problem of how to introduce students to various subjects in a thought-provoking and insightful manner. One method is to modify teaching styles by presenting students…
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Guest Editorial: Inquiry Is Essential
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An opinion piece about teaching children science as inquiry and the challenges to elementary teachers. One specific challenge is incorporating full inquiries as part of the school science program. With the process…
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Designed for Successful Learning: Using multiple intelligence assessment in the science classroom
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This article reports the results of a research study that assessed the multiple intelligences of high school students enrolled in physics courses.
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