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Becoming a Responsive Science Teacher: Focusing on Student Thinking in Secondary Science

“No one would find it strange to see a geologist poring at length over a single rock, or an entomologist over a moth, or botanist over a leaf. Exami...

By Daniel Levin, David Hammer, Andrew Elby, Janet Coffey

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Exemplary Science for Building Interest in STEM Careers

National standards encourage science teachers to help “increase student economic productivity through the use of the knowledge, understandings, and ...

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The NSTA Ready-Reference Guide to Safer Science, Volume 2

“Most science teachers and supervisors have anemic preservice preparation on securing and maintaining safer work environments in academic laboratori...

By Kenneth Russell Roy

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Rise and Shine: A Practical Guide for the Beginning Science Teacher

Rise and Shine provides a friendly support system that new science teachers can turn to in their first days, months, and even years in the classroom. ...

By Linda Froschauer, Mary L. Bigelow

Elementary High School Middle School General Science Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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Learning and Teaching Scientific Inquiry: Research and Applications

Science teacher educators, curriculum specialists, professional development facilitators, and K–8 teachers are bound to increase their understanding...

By James Jadrich, Crystal Bruxvoort

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Models-Based Science Teaching

Humans perceive the world by constructing mental models—telling a story, interpreting a map, reading a book. Every way we interact with the world in...

By Steven W. Gilbert

Elementary High School Middle School Teaching Strategies New Science Teachers Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation

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STEM Student Research Handbook

This comprehensive resource for STEM teachers and students, outlines the various stages of large-scale research projects, enabling teachers to coach t...

By Darci J. Harland

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