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Journal Article
This article focuses on the impact of a physics class on secondary science teacher candidates’ views of teaching and learning physics. The course was developed and taught by faculty from the Department of Astronomy and Physics and the College of Ed...
By Kadir Demir, Brett Criswell, and William Stoll
Journal Article
An important facet of college students’ science literacy and job market preparation is developing skills for finding and applying information to decision-making about complex real-world problems. We developed a multidisciplinary science course to s...
By Jenny M. Dauer, Amanda E. Sorensen, and P. Citlally Jimenez
Journal Article
An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to strengthen their conceptual unders...
By Claudia Aguirre-Mendez and Ying-Chih Chen
Journal Article
From Science in the Art Gallery to Art in the Science Classroom
In this study, 26 teachers for kindergarten through Grade 8 in six schools participated in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary professional development (PD) effort focused on integrating environmental education across the curriculum. One focus of t...
By Lauren Madden, Carolina Blatt, Louise Ammentorp, Eileen Heddy, Dana Kneis, and Nicole Stanton
Journal Article
A Human-Centered Design Tool Kit for STEM-Based Capstone Courses
In fall 2019, a food science instructor partnered with the design center at a large Midwestern university to create a student activity tool kit for integrating the Human-Centered Design (HCD) approach into a science, technology, engineering, and math...
By Lucas O’Bryan, Dawn Bohn, and Saadeddine Shehab
Journal Article
Operationalizing the Duty of Care Through Rubrics
Laboratory experiments are a key aspect of science education. However, they do have risks, and accidents do happen. Science educators have a duty of care, which includes duty of instruction. One tool that can be leveraged for duty of instruction is c...
By Emily Faulconer
Journal Article
Facilitating Learner-Centered Interactions Through Applied Improvisation
By Ron Skinner, Danielle Harlow, Dan Gunther, Kaia Joye Wesolowski, Jasmine Marckwordt, and Alexandria Muller
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 lively lessons that are just right for your first-grade students. Also, reading-comprehension strategies are embedd...
By Karen Ansberry, Emily Morgan
NSTA Press Book
The NSTA Quick-Reference Guide to the Three Dimensions
Since its release in 2014, the NSTA Quick-Reference Guide has become an essential tool for educators across the country to explore the complex structure of three-dimensional standards, including the performance expectations (PEs) that integrate parti...
Journal Article
Developing a Classroom Assessment Rubric
The development and implementation of varied assessment practices is a major focus in higher education. Assessment benefits both students and teachers; it informs teachers about students’ learning and misconceptions, thereby helping teachers improv...
By Chandrani Mishra, Loran Carleton Parker, and Kari L. Clase
Journal Article
A Model for a Data Analysis– and Literature-Intensive Undergraduate Course
This article describes the use of literature to broaden students’ skills in content comprehension, data analysis, modeling, and productive scientific discussion. The design builds on existing models to maximize student gains in ability, confidence,...
By Karen Resendes
Journal Article
Investigating Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Science
To inform teacher education programs, it is imperative to uncover preservice teachers’ (PSTs) implicit and tacit beliefs about teaching and learning science. The study of teachers’ beliefs requires a range of methodological approaches to unearth ...
By Ezgi Yesilyurt
Journal Article
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is the metacognitive aspect of learning that goes beyond learning content and skills. With SRL, students are aware of their content understanding and learning progress and use advanced thinking skills to create goals and...
By Stephanie Toro