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This study examines what prior knowledge and misconceptions about evolutionary theory students bring with them into an introductory biological anthropology course. One hundred and fifty-three students completed short,…
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Practice effects are ubiquitous human phenomena that have been scientifically studied for over half a century. They are also among the most directly applicable psychological phenomenon, holding broad implications for…
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Aligning Undergraduate Science Curricula With Three-Dimensional Learning
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Recent science reform advocates for the inclusion of engineering design to teach science and represents a shift to so-called three-dimensional (3D) learning. This shift often requires science instructors to adapt their…
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Using Growth Rings on Wooden Blocks and Plywood to Enhance Students’ Spatial Reasoning Skills
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Spatial reasoning is one of the most challenging skills to master in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. This article reports the results of a teaching intervention that involved using…
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STEM Education Within the West Point Experience
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At conferences or meetings, West Point faculty are often asked, “What’s it like to teach at West Point?” To answer this question we present the unique model that West Point uses to bridge traditional higher education…
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Features of an Effective Future-Faculty Teaching-Development Program
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Many institutions are preparing graduate students and postdoctorals (future faculty) for effective teaching in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Interestingly, little is known…
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Gender-Inclusive Biology: A framework in action
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Freebies for Science Teachers, November 9, 2021
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How to Design a Performance Task
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Follow a sequence of steps to develop an authentic performance task.
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Investigating Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Science
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To inform teacher education programs, it is imperative to uncover preservice teachers’ (PSTs) implicit and tacit beliefs about teaching and learning science. The study of teachers’ beliefs requires a range of…
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Focusing the Lens of the Crosscutting Concepts on Secondary Science Learning
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