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Editor's Roundtable: <i>Dragonfly</i>TV takes flight

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Editor's Roundtable: <i>Dragonfly</i>TV takes flight

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the first season of DragonflyTV. ...

Research and Teaching: Gauging Students’ Learning in the Classroom

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Research and Teaching: Gauging Students’ Learning in the Classroom

To find out what helps students to learn, the author administered Elaine Seymour’s Student Assessment of their learning Gains instrument to her intr...

Science Sampler: Stories of Scientists

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Science Sampler: Stories of Scientists

Stories about scientists...

Project ASTRO: A Partnership

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Project ASTRO: A Partnership

Project ASTRO is a nationwide program that pairs educators and their students with professional and amateur astronomers. Educators attend training and...

Inquiry and Aquifers

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Inquiry and Aquifers

Teachers can use these activities to teach students the basics of soil permeability, groundwater movement, and pollution risks. Students use inquiry t...

Creating Direct Channels of Communication

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Creating Direct Channels of Communication

Biology students in a large-class, active-learning environment used e-mail and in-class written notes for student-instructor communication. Most stude...

The Democratic Science Classroom: Science Teaching that Can Improve Student Behavior and Enhance Inquiry

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The Democratic Science Classroom: Science Teaching that Can Improve Student Behavior and Enhance Inquiry

“How can we prepare students to function in a democratic society if we don’t model democracy in our schools and classrooms?” The author works wi...

Finding the Science in Art

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Finding the Science in Art

In the interdisciplinary, team-taught course described here, the authors use the subjects of art and art history to bridge to math and chemistry. Spec...

Practicing Real Science in the Laboratory

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Practicing Real Science in the Laboratory

In a molecular biology laboratory, students study the role of the enzyme polygalacturonase in the softening of tomatoes during ripening, developing th...

Action Research Brings Results

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Action Research Brings Results

Action Research, defined as long-term efforts by teachers to collect and examine their own data to make informed decisions about instruction, is one f...

Switching Students on to Science

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Switching Students on to Science

The Extended Physics courses at Rutgers University provide a successful alternative to the traditional introductory physics classes for students at ri...

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