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  • Animated Learning

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  • Learning Logs: Writing to Learn, Reading to Assess

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    Just what do children get out of inquiry? Good inquiry activities help students hone their inquiry abilities and teach them about the nature of science. Inquiry is also a way to teach science content, and teachers need…

  • Lessons Learned

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  • Learning by Listing

    Journal Article |

    Undergraduate STEM students may be overwhelmed by the complex information they are exposed to during their education. Even so, there are a handful of fundamental and powerful concepts that could be identified for each…

  • Mastery Learning

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    The key to mastery learning is that students are required to show mastery of a concept before they are allowed to move on to the next concept. The teacher determines at what level the mastery must be accomplished—for…

  • Writing to Learn

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    By using the writing process to explore science, students and teachers can find new ways of clarifying, revising, and consolidating knowledge. To achieve this goal, try using The Writing in Science Wheel activity…

  • Learning Theories

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    As is the case with the other chapters in this book, each entry in this chapter should stand on its own. However, more than in other chapters, the ideas presented in this chapter tend to build on each other. Ideas that…

  • Learning Measurement

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    In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Measuring Hands” is to introduce measuring as a tool of scientists. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1 focuses on science inquiry and the…

  • Measuring Learning

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    In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Temperature Changes” is to determine what children know about temperature changes due to solar radiation absorption. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book…

  • Professional Learning Units and Courses Phenomena

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    Professional Learning Units and Courses Phenomena

  • Professional Learning Units and Courses STEM

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    Professional Learning Units and Courses STEM

  • Professional Learning Units and Courses Technology

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    Professional Learning Units and Courses Technology

  • Professional Learning Units How It Works

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    Professional Learning Units How It Works

  • Chicago National Conference on Science Education Learn

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    Chicago National Conference on Science Education Learn

  • More Everyday Engineering: Putting the E in STEM Teaching and Learning

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    What makes a windup toy get up and go? How does an earbud operate? And why does the line you’re waiting in always seem the slowest? Get middle-schoolers engaged in the fascinating science behind familiar items with More…

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