Collaboration at the Nanoscale

Journal Article | March 2009

The Maine ScienceCorps is a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Teaching Fellows in K–12 Education (GK–12 ) program. Through this program, the University of Southern Maine’s (USM)…

The Micro Assignment Guided Inquiry and Collaboration (MAGIC) method: A qualitative discussion of the benefits of active learning through scaffolded assignments in upper-level physics and mathematics

Journal Article | May 2024

In this article, we discuss Micro Assignment Guided Inquiry and Collaboration (MAGIC), an active learning method that draws on the merits of inquiry-based learning in STEM courses. We describe the use of Micro…

Commentary: Community Collaborations

Journal Article | March 2007

The National Science Education Standards offer the first assurance that community collaborations can be meaningful as they describe science instruction that educates students to “engage intelligently in public discourse…

Collaborative Distance Learning

Journal Article | June 2010

How can you connect teachers in two different school districts, separated by more than 50 miles, on a weekly basis to provide ongoing professional development (PD)? The answer: videoconferencing. In this article, the…

Collaborating with WISE Scientists

Journal Article | August 2003

Through an interactive partnership, fifth-grade students collected data on plants and joined an active scientific community of working scientists. This Web-based Integrated Science Environment (WISE) project involved…

Modeling Collaboration for Learning

Journal Article | January 2017

The Science Museum of Minnesota’s offers a well-developed model for implementing the Engineering is Elementary curriculum in Minnesota school districts for grades K–5, as well as a program for preservice teachers and…

Collaboration with Community Partners

Journal Article | March 2006

Collaborations with community partners make problem-based learning experiences more authentic and exciting for students while ensuring that the experience is consistent with the community’s needs and interests. The…

Collaboratory = Collaborate + Laboratory

Journal Article | June 2017

Classroom teacher, examining plant structure, in a laboratory at Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory created a network focused on collaboration in STEM education to design and…

Scope on Safety: Collaborating safely

Journal Article | November 2006

With the advent of inclusion legislation such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or PL 105-17 Reauthorization Action of 1997, many schools have focused on teaching partnerships between regular…

Science 2.0: Collaborative Microscopy

Journal Article | August 2013

This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue highlights the new digital microscopes.