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Journal Article

Who Gets Helped? The Opportunity Structure of the College Physics Classroom, Peer Instruction, and Perceptions of Help Seeking

In this article, the authors explore the opportunity structure in a physics course to identify differences in perception of classroom community among ...

By Michael Brown and Robert M. DeMonbrun

Journal Article

Integrating Engineering Design in Undergraduate Biology Using a Life Science Design Task

This study examines the initial integration of engineering design in an introductory preservice elementary biology content course using a life science...

By Jeffrey D. Radloff, Selcen Guzey, David Eichinger, and Brenda M. Capobianco

Journal Article

An Exam Wrapper Intervention in Organic Chemistry I: Impact on Course Performance and Study Behavior

This article describes a quasi-experimental study conducted in two Organic Chemistry I classrooms at a diverse, urban, public university. ...

By Edith Rosales, Alla Chavarga, Evan Grandoit, Shoshana Mayer, Natasha Hackman, Milushka Elbulok-Charcape, Alison C. Domzalski, and Gail Horowitz

Journal Article

The Efficacy of Flipped Laboratory Multiperspective Videos in Skill Acquisition

This article describes a a multiperspective video approach. ...

By Kevin W. Davies

Journal Article

Developing and Implementing a Campus-Wide Professional Development Program: Successes and Challenges

Gateways-ND is a 5-year, National Science Foundation–funded effort directed toward three goals: maximizing the instructional effectiveness of postse...

By Melissa Vosen Callens, Paul Kelter, Jill Motschenbacher, James Nyachwaya, Jared L. Ladbury, and Anna M. Semanko

Postsecondary General Science

Book Chapter

Rethinking Development and Learning

This chapter starts with the research on learning and cognition. It takes you through some of the emerging ideas about students’ intellectual abilit...

Book Chapter

Connecting Hands-On With Minds-On Experiences

This chapter shows why the exact placement of activities in instruction is pivotal in learning and compares two different hands-on approaches. Asserti...

Book Chapter

Modern Sequences of Instruction

This chapter discusses the key components of two contemporary sequences of science instruction. You will read about the phases of the Predict, Observe...

Book Chapter

Content and Process Working Together

This chapter describes the construction of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Some activities are shared to reflect on the lessons you curr...

Book Chapter

Where to Start

This chapter provides guidance on how you can create 5Es that translate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Activities are presented follow...

Book Chapter

Teaching About Heat and Temperature Using an Investigative Demonstration

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter can be used as a st...

Book Chapter

Investigating Change Using the Invisible Test Tube Demonstration

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, the model lesso...

Book Chapter

There’s More to Magnetism Than Objects Being Attracted to Refrigerators

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter explores a phenomen...

Book Chapter

Making the Connections: Addressing Students’ Misconceptions of Circuits

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. In this chapter, elementary stud...

Book Chapter

Gliding Into Understanding

Chapters 6–13 share grades 3–5 model lessons for putting the “explore-before-explain” mind-set into practice. This chapter offers a 5E lesson ...