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Comparing Academically Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Groups in an Active Learning Physics Class
Many methods have been developed for managing groups in active learning classes, but little research has been done on the effect of group structure ...
By Michael Briggs
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Concept maps make connections between ideas apparent, and thus would seem ideally suited to demonstrate learning. Yet, they are not widely used by i...
By Carl-Georg Bank and Heidi Daxberger
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Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers
With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) ...
By Erdogan Kaya, Anna Newley, Ezgi Yesilyurt, and Hasan Deniz
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Negative Student Response to Active Learning in STEM Classrooms:
Recent research has supported the use of student-centered teaching practices, such as active learning, because of its effectiveness in improving stu...
By Prateek Shekhar, Maura Borrego, Matt DeMonbrun, Cynthia Finelli, Caroline Crockett, and Kevin Nguyen
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We quantified student perceptions of an active learning exercise, based on open-educational video resources, in both a first-year seminar class (Nat...
By Gary D. Grossman and Troy N. Simon
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Qualitative Analysis of Ray Optics in a College Physics Laboratory: A 5E Lesson
This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and imp...
By Ozden Sengul
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Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement
Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction....
By Alicia Purtell, Robert Talbot, and Michael E. Moore
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Show Your Students How to Be More Persuasive When They Write
After a grueling grading campaign, a chemist asked a writing and rhetoric specialist for help improving formal reports in the introductory organic c...
By David J. Slade and Susan K. Hess
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Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College
Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC an...
By Margaret Long, Adrienne Cottrell-Yongye, and Tyler Huynh
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While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introd...
By Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Jaemarie Solyst, Anisha Pai, and Lu Yu
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K–12 DREAMS to Teach Program at Morehouse College
This study explores the pathways to K–12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics instruction among Black/African American males in the Di...
By Cynthia Trawick, Thema Monroe-White, Jigsa A. Tola, Jamie P. Clayton, and J. K. Haynes
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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 s...
By Melanie Kinskey
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Teaching K–8 Teachers About Integrating Science and Engineering
We examined the use of an engineering learning cycle (ELC) model and in a course for K–8 inservice teachers for two purposes. First, we were inter...
By Allison Antink-Meyer and Anna Arias
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Scenarios, Stakeholders, Autonomy, and Choice
A role-play activity is presented that was designed for a STEM education learning experience to enrich science literacy, collaboration, and critical...
By David Green and Mary Kay Cassani
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Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning
Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motiv...
By Emily Fisher and Nan Crystal Arens