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Science Communication and Public Engagement With Science
It is the responsibility of all who have a passion for science and science education to serve as ambassadors of science because we need as many great ...
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The Many Faces of Leadership in a Complex Environment
While the full implementation of the leadership approach recommended in this chapter has many facets, the foundation of that leadership style is to �...
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Content Coverage in the Role of Instructional Leadership
The variability in content coverage is likely to produce differences in student learning outcomes. The authors use this variability to reinforce their...
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The Role of Teacher Leadership in Science Education
Professional development activities deepen content knowledge, support inquiry-based teaching, help teachers tap into student thinking, and assist in i...
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Getting Results From Science Teacher Leadership: The Critical Role of Principals
There is growing evidence that teacher leaders and principals are indeed effecting-and perhaps-essential allies in leading schoolwide improvement in t...
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Developing and Sustaining Leadership in Science Education
It can be argued that the most important guiding force leading to a teacher’s continued improvement is having a good role model, such as a colleague...
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Technology Leadership for the 21st Century
This chapter addresses (a) how transformational leadership in the educational community is crucial for effective and appropriate infusion of education...
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Change in Secondary Science Settings: A Voice From the Field
Learning science by inquiry is central to science education reforms. In today’s working world, students need skills for finding, organizing, and man...
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Building a Culture of Faculty-Owned Assessment
With so much at stake for both students and institutions, it is imperative that colleges and universities support faculty and others in comprehensive ...
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At Montana State University (MSU) a variety of strategies have been used to begin to quantitatively assess how students are learning in the science cl...
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Alternative Forms of Assessment for The College Science Laboratory
A basic definition of alternative assessment is any type of evaluation that does not use traditional forms of paper-and-pencil testing. Too often new ...
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Survey Instrument Validation: The First Commandment of Educational Research
Survey instrument validation may be the most difficult task for a scientist starting to conduct educational research. A survey that is preceived to be...
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The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in how science is taught. Electronic portfolios—hereafter referred to as e-portfolios—represe...
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The integration of math, science, and technology (MST) into robust inquiry-based learning opportunities is a tall order for any educator. However, it ...
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Gauging the Nature of Science (NOS): An Alternate Form of Assessment
Science teachers of all disciplines can use students' NOS (nature of science) scores as an alternate form of assessment. In addition to traditional fo...