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Completing the Study: High School Students' Views of Scientists and Science

In a study of K-8 students, teachers used an expanded version of Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) to gain insights to students' perceptions related to sci...

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How Do You Know That Science is Going On? Questioning the criteria that determine whether science is taking place

In this article, the author questions the criteria used to determine if science is taking place and also suggests some criteria and provides examples....

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Teaching Teachers: Lessons in Cooperative Learning

In this article, the author provides a list of suggestions, based on personal experience, to help preservice teachers start using cooperative learning...

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Off the Beaten Path: A learning camping experience

"Off the Beaten Path" is a program that takes at-risk students out of the traditional classroom and into a camping atmosphere. The program's purpose i...

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Libros de Ciencias en Español

This listing of recently published science books in Spanish are just right for Spanish-speaking scientists-to-be....

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Brain Awareness Week Open House

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) has been established for people of all ages to learn about the brain, nervous system, and current research and to celebrate...

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Is Teaching Instinctive? No, I'm Afraid Not: Adjusting Teaching Practices to Accommodate Student—Not Teacher—Learning Styles

While there may be a strong human instinct to try to teach, how to teach is not instinctive—it’s habitual—and this leads to very different impli...

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A Thematic Integration of Physical and Earth Science for Elementary Education Students: Unifying the Breadth of Science Topics Around Common Themes in a Class for Prospective Teachers

This article features an activity-based science course for elementary education students. The course uses a thematic approach that naturally integrate...

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The Magic of Science

Throughout the year students learn basic scientific principles that may become fodder for magic tricks later on. This article features hands-on year-e...

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Constructive Connections

An effective way to implement constructivism in the classroom is through the use of K'NEX building sets, an ideal exmple of toys that teach. In this a...

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Problem-Based Learning

Problem-Based Learning (PBL) requires students to attempt to solve problems rather than learn how to problem solve. The students using these activitie...

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The Case Study: A Few Steps Ahead on the Same Path: Using Peer Tutors in the Cooperative-Learning Classroom—A Multilayered Approach to Teaching

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. T...