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Journal Article
Students with visual impairments are often the only students at their school who read braille. They often do not participate in science fairs, in some cases because of low expectations on the part of educators and in other cases because of accessibil...
By Tiffany Wild, Tina Herzberg, and L. Penny Rosenblum
Journal Article
Guided by self-determination theory to design an authentic learning environment, we attempted repeated engagement in critical evaluation of evidence to foster accuracy-oriented reasoning and critical thinking in an applied science course for non-STEM...
By Guang Jin, Alicia Wodika, Rebekka Darner, and Jianwei Lai
Journal Article
Using Fiction and Nonfiction Readings in Climate Change Education
Facts about climate change are often ineffective in impacting people’s climate change beliefs or environmentally related behaviors. Multiple theories of environmental behavior use norms to foster behavior change. Science fiction writers may also at...
By Alison Singer, Caitlin Kirby, and Eleanor Rappolee
Journal Article
Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet
Astronauts Zoom: An Astronaut Alphabet By Deborah Lee Rose September 2020 Persnickety Press 36 pages $16.95 ...
By Peggy Ashbrook and Ann Caspar
Blog Post
The Global Importance of Science Education
By Julie A. Luft, Ph.D., NSTA President 2023-2024
Journal Article
Biology Students’ Views of Science Communication
Educational efforts to promote effective oral science communication at the undergraduate level tend to reinforce strategies related to impression management. Students are taught tactics that can be used to create the impression of competent science c...
By Alandeom W. Oliveira, Adam O. Brown, Marissa Carroll, Elizabeth Blenkarn, Bradley Austin, and Tiffany Bretzlaff
Journal Article
Improving Writing Skills Through Scripting a Science Podcast for Non-Expert Audiences
In this article, we describe and analyze the experience of undergraduate chemistry students who scripted episodes of a science podcast for non-expert audiences. This practice aimed to improve public communication of science and technology, often supp...
By Carolina Sotério and Salete Linhares Queiroz
Journal Article
Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education
Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of foundational ideas. Teacher preparation programs and professional development providers therefore have ...
By Rachel Hallett-Njuguna
Journal Article
Go Ahead—Mimic Me: How Plants and Animals Inspire Inventions and Design
By Christine Anne Royce