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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, June 29, 2021
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Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork
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Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…
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Student-Centered Learning in an Earth Science, Preservice, Teacher-Education Course
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In an effort to get elementary teachers to teach more science in the classroom, a required preservice science education course was designed to promote the use of hands-on teaching techniques. This paper describes course…
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Why Does Water Swirl When it Goes Down a Drain?
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Although undergraduate research experience has proven to have positive effects on student outcomes, such opportunities are not always widely available. Options can be especially limited for early-career engineering…
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Place-Based Cases: Museum Collaboration Develops Mock Trial CSI Cases
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Partnerships Achieve Creative Connections Between Coding, Music, and Science
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The REACH Program Brings Science Practices to Students: A Teacher’s Perspective
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Intentionally Addressing Equity in the Classroom
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Equity, as we define it, means striving to serve the needs of others and enhancing belonging by focusing on “whole humans” in emotional, sociocultural, and personal contexts. Integrating equitable practices in STEM…
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Listening to Waves: Engaging Underrepresented Students Through the Science of Sound and Music
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Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions
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Community colleges enroll almost half of U.S. undergraduates and were predicted to produce 12% of the workforce for STEM professions in 2018. Half of these students are the first in their families to attend college and…
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Building First-Year Science Writing Skills With an Embedded Writing Instruction Program
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An important foundational skill developed in an undergraduate science program is the ability to find, critically evaluate, and communicate scientific information. Effective science communication depends on good writing…