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Whether to engage student preconceptions to facilitate conceptual change is an area of debate among conceptual change theorists. Here, we evaluate the efficacy of a preconceptions-based instructional sequence about…
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College instructors faced a rapid transition to remote instruction in spring 2020, and with it a host of new teaching challenges. This qualitative study investigates what 26 college biology instructors learned about…
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Learning Business Economics and Fermentation by Developing a Method for Producing Yogurt
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Geoscience Education and Motivated Reasoning
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Individuals use information selectively, in ways that support group beliefs or one’s psychological needs—this is motivated reasoning. Motivated reasoning is revealed in correlations between (1) opinions/…
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Starting to Teach During the Pandemic
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Immerse Elementary Students in Light Explorations
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Planning Virtual Science Fairs
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Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions
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This month's Two-Year Community column describes how Geo-Launchpad, a program funded by the NSF, exposes students to internships and research opportunities that promote postsecondary education or workforce employment in…
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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, May 30, 2023
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 11, 2022
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, January 25, 2022
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Outcomes for Peer-Based Mentors in a University-Wide STEM Persistence Program: A Three-Year Analysis
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While the majority of STEM persistence has focused on outcomes for first-year students, there has been little investigation into the outcomes for peer mentors. Of the studies conducted, results are promising. Benefits…
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Although peer interaction in the college classroom may benefit some students by developing peer networks for future collaborations, prior research has suggested that these relationships most often benefit students from…
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Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are an alternative pedagogical approach to the apprenticeship model for high-impact research immersion experiences. A W.M. Keck-funded Research Immersion Program…
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Growing Stronger Together: An Improvement Science Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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