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Journal Article
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a series of emergency transitions to online learning for academic institutions around the world. Previous studies have shown that undergraduate Learning Assistants (LAs) improve student engagement in classroom activities ...
By Kathleen Hefferon and Esther Angert
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
NSTA Press Book
Leadership by and for Science Teachers
Imagine having the opportunity to hear from 21 colleagues about their personal leadership journeys—and to get their advice. Leadership by and for Science Teachers is just such an opportunity. Author Rodger Bybee provides the insights and inspiratio...
By Rodger Bybee
NSTA Press Book
There’s a lot to love about this newly expanded book in the Picture-Perfect Science series: You can combine STEM and reading through appealing lessons that are just right for your second-grade students. Also, reading comprehension strategies are em...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
Journal Article
Teacher Responsiveness as a Core Feature of Justice- and Equity-Centered Instruction
By Hosun Kang and Lindsay Fay
Journal Article
Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills
Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using wooden blocks to enhance the dev...
By Jeff B. Chaumba and Josphine Chaumba
NSTA Press Book
Activating Students' Ideas: Linking Formative Assessment Probes to Instructional Sequence, K-5
Science teachers face an incredible challenging task of combining research on how students learn best, the three dimensions of the Science Education Frameworks that in themselves are complicated to understand, and instructional sequences that lead to...
By Patrick Brown, Page Keeley
Journal Article
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
Journal Article
STEM Graduate Students’ Development at the Intersection of Research, Leadership, and Innovation
Researcher innovation and leadership skills are fundamental for creating implementable solutions to pressing societal and market-based global problems. The Research to Innovation to Society (R2I2S) program is a transformative approach to graduate edu...
By Cindy Lenhart, Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Douglas A. Keszler, Judith Giordan, Rich Carter, and Michelle Dolgos
Class Pack
Now Available for Grade K-2 Picture Perfect STEM Lessons - Ready-to-TeachTM Picture-Perfect ClassPacks! • We are excited to announce our new kitting partner: ECA Science Kit Services! Now offering ...
Class Pack
Now Available for Grade K-2 Picture Perfect STEM Lessons - Ready-to-TeachTM Picture-Perfect ClassPacks! • We are excited to announce our new kitting partner: ECA Science Kit Services! Now offering ...