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Journal Article

The Prepared Practitioner: Literature Circles

Using literature to help students better understand the nature of science often involves some combination of historical vignettes, case studies, or readers’ theater. Straits (2007) discusses a different approach for using historical nonfiction in t...

Journal Article

Building Background Knowledge

Too often, students enter our classrooms with insufficient knowledge of physical science. As a result, they have a difficult time understanding content in texts, lectures, and laboratory activities. This lack of background knowledge can have an impac...