All Preservice Science Education resources
Journal Article
Learning Science With Mobile Technologies
The use of technology is increasing rapidly in our society, and classroom teachers must recognize the impact and importance of technology in the lives of their students. It is crucial that college faculty involved in teacher training design courses...
By Deepika Menon, Zarah Salas, Allison Mellendick, Meera Chandrasekhar, and Dorina Kosztin
Journal Article
Concept maps make connections between ideas apparent, and thus would seem ideally suited to demonstrate learning. Yet, they are not widely used by instructors, particularly in large university classes. In this paper we review the strengths and rati...
By Carl-Georg Bank and Heidi Daxberger
Journal Article
Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement
Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction. A foundational pillar of the LA model is the LA pedagogy course, which teaches LAs about evidence-b...
By Alicia Purtell, Robert Talbot, and Michael E. Moore
Journal Article
There has been a focus on improving teachers’ views of nature of science for decades. The method in which researchers improve views of nature of science, however, varies greatly. This study aimed to improve elementary preservice teachers’ views...
By Melanie Kinskey
Journal Article
Community College Students Rise to the Challenge
High-structure course designs have reduced achievement gaps for low-income and underrepresented minority students at research universities. But do community college students have time to do the preclass preparation required for intensive active lea...
By Scott Freeman, Pamela Pape-Lindstrom, Anne Casper, and Sarah Eddy
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish. ...
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
A supplemental book of just the student activity pages in the Picture-Perfect Science series are available for each of the five Picture-Perfect teacher books. All of these activity pages are classroom-ready and written in Spanish....
By Emily Morgan, Karen Ansberry
NSTA Press Book
Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy
Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.With the Novel Engineering approach, “students become excited about what they are reading, writing, designing, and building! This excitement in turn helps them make strides in enginee...
By Elissa Milto, Merredith Portsmore, Mary McCormick, Jessica Watkins, Morgan Hynes





