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From the Editor's Desk: Innovative Teaching = Learning

Science Scope’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Citizen Science: Summer Night Sky Citizen Science With Globe at Night

This column highlights formal and informal science research projects that students can join and contribute to by gathering and sharing data. The Globe...

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Disequilibrium: How Heat Affects the Density of Water

This column shows how to use discrepant events to confront misconceptions. This month’s discrepant event illustrates what happens when a container f...

Middle School Earth & Space Science General Science 5E Inquiry Phenomena

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Listserv Roundup: Four Effective Ways to Improve Laboratory Management

This column shares recent conversations taken from the NSTA listserv community about current science education topics.This month’s column focuses on...

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Science for All: Kinesthetic Learning in Science

This column shares strategies for increasing student engagement. This month's topic describes creating a classroom environment where students can be i...

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Teacher to Teacher: Transitioning to Three-Dimensional Learning With Evidence Statements

This column provides practical advice from your peers. Incorporating three-dimensional learning in the classroom requires teachers to change how they...

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Scope on the Skies: Vocabulary of the Skies

This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month's issue provides a list of astronomical terms that students can apply to events that ...

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Can a Diversified Instructional Approach Featuring Active Learning Improve Biology Students’ Attitudes Toward General Education?

The authors reorganized sections of their nonmajors biology course using current issues in biology and society as a premise to promote coherence among...

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The Windwalker Project: An Open-Ended Approach

Students in a beginning level undergraduate classical mechanics course engaged in collaborative inquiry through the Windwalker Project. The aim of thi...

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Facilitating Active Engagement of the University Student in a Large-Group Setting Using Group Work Activities

It is envisaged that small-group exercises as part of a large-group session would facilitate not only group work exercises (a valuable employability s...

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Geoscience Videos and Their Role in Supporting Student Learning

A series of short (5 to 7 minutes long) geoscience videos were created to support student learning in a flipped class setting for an introductory geol...

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Development and Impact of a Training Program for Undergraduate Facilitators of Peer-Assisted Learning

The authors created a Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) program focused on improving student performance in high-risk STEM courses. Our PALs are modeled af...

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Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Students’ Scientifically Informed Decision Making About Socio-Hydrological Issues

To engage effectively with contemporary water-related challenges with scientific and social dimensions, students need to understand the properties of...

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Research and Teaching: Does the Classroom Matter? How the Physical Space Affects Learning in Introductory Undergraduate Science Courses

The authors compare student learning and perception data from astronomy, physics, and geology courses taught in a traditional classroom with individua...

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Research and Teaching: Online Collaborative Misconception Mapping Strategy Enhanced Health Science Students’ Discussion and Knowledge of Basic Statistical Concepts

Collaborative activities in the area of science need to incorporate the co-critiquing of a flawed external source, with appropriate scaffolding to als...