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A Partnership to Support Improved Public Understandings of Science Education
Although public attitudes towards K-12 education are relatively positive, there are still fundamental misunderstandings about what effective science teaching entails, which could hinder public support for science education. This article describes a p...
By Julianne Wenner, Sarah Lausch, Megan Frary, Paul Simmonds
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Program Evaluation in Formal and Informal STEM Learning Environments
Evaluation Insights is a new column about program evaluation that will help readers build their capacity as program evaluators....
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Using Structured Academic Controversy for STEM Education Leadership Programs
As ethical issues involving computer technologies and social media become more common, there is increasing interest in what role ethics should play in Computer Science education. As a result, Computer Science departments worldwide have increased effo...
By Mariana Alvidrez, Christopher Villa, Elaine Hampton
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Three Transformative Leadership Practices
What does it take to prioritize science instruction in an elementary system? In this article, we’ll examine three transformative leadership practices underway in a Title-1 school district in Central Phoenix and their role in shifting the district c...
By Rebecca Abbott, Meredith Moran, and Alicia Baier Wideman,
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Transition to Virtual Judging for In-Person Elementary School Science Fairs
By Amanda Horn
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Facilitating Departmental and Institutional Change for Expanding Undergraduate Research Experiences
Increased sustainable access to undergraduate research opportunities, particularly for historically underrepresented populations, involves transforming departmental and institutional cultures, which is time-consuming and expensive. Competing universi...
By Rebecca Friesen and Adriana Cimetta
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Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Support for Teaching Critical Thinking in STEM
This qualitative research study aimed to discover what obstacles and supports community college teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) face when teaching critical-thinking skills in their courses. The research was conduc...
By Christa Evangelisto
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Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19
Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (PD). To better develop PD opportunities, it is important to understand the benefits of improving TAs�...
By Cody Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer
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This point of view article uses a social science lens in an attempt to understand the differing environments of the two institutions (private and public) where I taught chemistry for 3 decades. I hypothesize that differences in social class—along w...
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