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Is There Room for Reflection in a Science Course for Nonscience Majors? A New Way to Look at Assessment

The Diagnostic Learning Log (Angelo and Cross 1993) is a focused journal entry where students indicate what they have learned from a particular unit, ...

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Favorite Demonstration: Demonstrating Translation With a Student-Centered Activity

The process of protein synthesis translation is difficult for many students to understand. The reasons for this include the fact that it is difficult...

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Fat Finders

Everyday the media bombards us with concern over childhood obesity. More American children than ever before are developing health problems related to ...

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Attitudes in Education

More than half of all students with learning disabilities (LD) receive science instruction in regular education classes. Because LD student numbers ar...

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Light on Trial: Using a Courtroom Drama to Compare Scientific Hypotheses

A narrative in the form of a courtroom trial is used to compare evidence on the nature of light as part of an introductory college physics course. Pr...

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Methods and Strategies: The Art and Science of Building a Classroom Library

Building a classroom library isn't simply a matter of accumulating as many interesting-looking books on science as possible. Here we will find sugges...

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Methods and Strategies: The Science Beliefs Quiz

Science misconceptions--we all have them. It doesn't matter whether you are a science teacher, an elementary student, a parent, or someone earning an...

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (Books Published in 2005)

The annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 is selected by a committee of NSTA members. The selected titles on this list were...

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Establishing Problem-Solving Habits in Introductory Science Courses

Students crave porblem-solving strategies that promise increased achievement on tests. Student ambitions seem to align with teacher goals, yet studen...

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Giant Ants and Walking Plants: Using Science Fiction to Teach a Writing-Intensive, Lab-Based Biology Class for Nonmajors

This writing-intensive, lab-based, nonmajor biology course explores scientific inquiry and biological concepts through specific topics illustrated or ...