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When science teachers pass up the use of an inductive approach in their teaching, they miss a golden opportunity to improve their chances of attaining...
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There’s No Such Thing as a One-Celled Plant or Animal
Early biologists classified living organisms based on what they knew about life: All living things were either animals or plants. The fossil record as...
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The idea for the Scope, Sequence, and Coordination (SS&C) reform effort was conceived in the early 1980s, primarily in response to practices in U.S. s...
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The Constructivist Learning Model
Much cognitive science research has been used to support a new model of learning. This most promising new model is called the Constructivist Learning ...
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In 1669, a German alchemist named Hennig Brandt identified the element we now call phosphorus. He was the first in his craft to be immortalized becaus...
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The U.S. science education community has been alternately encouraged and disheartened by the results of the Third International Mathematics and Scienc...
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It is very important to show how open-mindedness and tolerance, or their lack, function in social situations. Ask the pupils to cite personal experien...
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In general, the way that introductory courses in science are taught leads students to a limited view of science: science as totally objective—as the...
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The New Curriculum Movement in Science
The new science courses differ in purpose from traditional courses and so do the tests. A student is first of all required to understand the facts, fo...
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The Social Responsibilities of Scientists and Science
The following article is based on Dr. Pauling’s address at the annual Convention of the National Science Teachers Association in New York City, Apri...
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Idea Bank: Celebrating Seren<i>dipity:</i> Connecting Chemistry and History
In today's world of social media websites and Web 2.0, people are connected like never before. Why not use these web tools in the science classroom? I...