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Journal Article

Concept Maps for Structuring Instruction and as a Potential Assessment Tool in a Large Introductory Science Course

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

Postsecondary Assessment Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary Assessment Curriculum

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Student Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Video-Based Active Learning in University-Level Biology Classes:

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

Postsecondary Biology Instructional Materials Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary 5E Labs Physics

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....

By Alicia Purtell, Robert Talbot, and Michael E. Moore

Postsecondary Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary Literacy Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary Biology Teacher Preparation

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 20, 2020

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Preschool Biology Chemistry Engineering Equity General Science Inclusion Interdisciplinary Life Science Physical Science Physics STEM Teaching Strategies Technology

Reports Article

Freebies for Science Teachers, Week of July 3, 2020

By Debra Shapiro

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary Biology Earth & Space Science Evolution Life Science Physics STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Teacher Tip Tuesday: Distance-Learning Strategies, August 25, 2020

How can we create equitable, distance-learning sensemaking (actively trying to figure out how the world works or designing solutions to problems) expe...

Middle School Elementary High School Postsecondary

Journal Article

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

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

Postsecondary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Advocacy STEM Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

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

Postsecondary Engineering