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Changing the Teaching Culture in Introductory STEM Courses at a Large Research University

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Changing the Teaching Culture in Introductory STEM Courses at a Large Research University

The authors describe a major transformation in teaching large introductory courses in the sciences and engineering at the University of Illinois at Ur...

Point of View: Can We Teach Science in a More Culturally Responsive Way Without Sacrificing Time or Content?

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Point of View: Can We Teach Science in a More Culturally Responsive Way Without Sacrificing Time or Content?

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this issue the authors describe how they discov...

Case Study: Hands-On Mini-Case Studies Promote Integration of Microbiological Concepts

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Case Study: Hands-On Mini-Case Studies Promote Integration of Microbiological Concepts

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

Research and Teaching: Impact of a Departmental Instructional Skills Course on Graduate Students’ Beliefs About Science Teaching and Learning

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Research and Teaching: Impact of a Departmental Instructional Skills Course on Graduate Students’ Beliefs About Science Teaching and Learning

Graduate teaching assistants play an important role in undergraduate programs in the authors' Earth Science Department. A course on teaching and learn...

Research and Teaching: The Five Minute Teach: Instructional Design to Support TA Training and Writing Instruction in the Sciences

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Research and Teaching: The Five Minute Teach: Instructional Design to Support TA Training and Writing Instruction in the Sciences

The Five Minute Teach (5MT) serves as both a training tool for graduate teaching assistants (TAs) and a format for explicit discipline-based writing i...

Research and Teaching: Enriching Undergraduate Experiences With Outreach in School STEM Clubs

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Research and Teaching: Enriching Undergraduate Experiences With Outreach in School STEM Clubs

The STEM Club Leadership for Undergraduate STEM Education, Recruiting and Success project at a large public research university in the Mountain West p...

Research and Teaching: Observable Features of Active Science Education Practices

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Research and Teaching: Observable Features of Active Science Education Practices

Although research findings support elevated learning outcomes for students who engage in active science learning, faculty members are still resistant ...

Explore Early

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Explore Early

Support scientific development among young children with learning centers....

Early Childhood Preschool Learning Progression Pedagogy

Lighting the Way to Learning Centers

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Lighting the Way to Learning Centers

Fourth-grade students explore circuits, while the teacher gains valuable instructional time....

Elementary Physical Science Inquiry Lesson Plans NGSS

Modeling in Learning Centers

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Modeling in Learning Centers

Exploring the concept of living and nonliving with second-grade students...

Postsecondary Early Childhood General Science Science and Engineering Practices

A Mystery in Motion

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A Mystery in Motion

Third-grade students learn how motion detectors work....

Elementary Physical Science 5E NGSS

Renovating Our Science Learning Centers

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Renovating Our Science Learning Centers

Informal learning centers transcend disciplinary boundaries as students address real-world applications....

Elementary Engineering Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Editor’s Note: My Last Editor’s Note

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Editor’s Note: My Last Editor’s Note

Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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