Teaching Temperature With Project-Based Learning

Journal Article | March 2010

In this project-based unit on weather, a fictional director of a Hungarian Wildlife Refuge invites fourth-grade students to determine whether the backyard of their school contained a variety of surface temperature…

Science Notebooks in Student Centered Classrooms: Capstone

Professional Learning Course Module | May 2023

Course Goals Build an understanding of how sensemaking is supported by the use of science notebooks by exploring  the purposes and features of science notebooks;  the organizational continuum of teacher-…

Research and Teaching: Comparing Student Learning in the Team-Based Learning Classroom With Different Team Reporting Methods

Journal Article | October 2017

The increase in classroom technology has resulted in the use of clickers and other audience response systems (ARS) for simultaneous reporting of choices in the team-based learning (TBL) classroom. A variety of…

Drawing to Learn Morphology in a Fish Taxonomy Laboratory: The Allure of a Taxonomy Course that Embraces Multiple Learning Processes

Journal Article | February 2000

Taxonomy laboratories typically emphasize learning by rote memorization. In place of memorization, however, the authors designed a laboratory notebook exercise that employs drawing and close observation for a better…

Science Sampler: Finding learning beneath the surface—Monitoring student progress with Science Practice Learning Progressions

Journal Article | September 2010

If we want our students to become capable practitioners of scientific inquiry, we should not stop at providing opportunities to do inquiry. We need to be intentional about assessing and teaching the competencies…

Peer-Led Team Learning: A new teaching model focuses on student achievement through active learning

Journal Article | December 2000

Students are more likely to honestly express their ideas—both scientifically valid conceptions and misconceptions—in a peer group where they have no fear than in front of a teacher who will be issuing grades. The Peer-…

Faculty Adoption of Active Learning Strategies via Paired Teaching: Conclusions From Two Science Departments

Journal Article | August 2019

The authors offer recommendations to universities interested in establishing a paired teaching program and to faculty members preparing to pair-teach.

Research and Teaching: Measuring Student Interactions Using Networks: Insights Into the Learning Community of a Large Active Learning Course

Journal Article | December 2016

Collaborative learning in small groups is commonly implemented as a part of student-centered curricula. In large-enrollment courses, details of the interactions among students as a consequence of working in…

Assessment—A Way of Thinking About Learning—Now and in the Future: The Dynamic and Ongoing Nature of Measuring and Improving Student Learning

Journal Article | April 2000

Assessment in our classrooms involves measuring: 1) individual student achievement to informally and formally judge student progress, and 2) total class learning to evaluate pedagogy and adjust teaching to maximize…