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  • How Do Your Students Learn?

    Journal Article |

    Middle school students are very interested in learning how their brains work. In this article, the authors share three activities that explore learning styles. Students take inkblot tests, answer a learning style…

  • Cartoons—An Alternative Learning Assessment

    Journal Article |

    In order to fully understand student learning, we science teachers need to know the ideas that students bring into the classroom. Plus, good assessment calls for ongoing evaluation of students’ progress and difficulties…

  • Methods and Strategies: Inventive Learning Stations

    Journal Article |

    Learning stations can be used for myriad purposes—to teach concepts, integrate subject matter, build interest, and allow for inquiry—the possibilities are limited only by the imagination of the teacher and the supplies…

  • Weekly Reports: Student Reflections on Learning

    Journal Article |

    Weekly reports, a structured journal form of formative assessment, allow instructors to receive information from the students, to address students’ difficulties in a timely manner, and to alter their instruction based…

  • Enabling All Students to Learn Science

    Journal Article |

    Communicating with students in today's high school science classroom is challenging for teachers because the majority of them speak only English. Many of their students, however, do not speak English as their primary…

  • Editor’s Roundtable: Weaving a web of learning

    Journal Article |

    Teachers of all content areas, the arts included, must collaboratively plan meaningful instructional units around themes, issues, or problems that can be investigated and assessed using a cohesive, interdisciplinary…

  • More Than Writing-to-Learn

    Journal Article |

    Writing-to-learn activities are designed to use writing as a process in which students generate and clarify understanding of scientific concepts for themselves, rather than simply communicating with a teacher for…

  • Teaching Science to Students with Learning Differences

    Journal Article |

    Recent legislation, such as No Child Left Behind and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) amendments of 1997 and 2004, emphasizes the importance of teaching students with mild disabilities in the…

  • Teaching Teachers: Lessons in Cooperative Learning

    Journal Article |

    In this article, the author provides a list of suggestions, based on personal experience, to help preservice teachers start using cooperative learning.

  • Methods and Strategies: The 6-E Learning Model

    Journal Article |

    Most teachers are familiar with the 5-E model of science instruction—Engage, Explore, Explain, Expand, and Evaluate. This model adds a sixth "E" to the tool: "e-search." E-search encompasses any use of electronic media…

  • Perspectives: The Myth of Catering to Learning Styles

    Journal Article |

    The idea that people may have different abilities to learn, depending on the modality of instruction, has been around for over 100 years. When applied to educational practice, the essence of this viewpoint is that…

  • NASA "ROCKS" Problem-Based Learning

    Journal Article |

    With the National Science Education Standards as a driving force behind instruction, science educators must move toward classroom activities that allow students to guide their own learning experiences and form their own…

  • How to Create a Professional Learning Community

    Journal Article |

    Devoting time to a professional learning community (PLC) can be frustrating or rewarding. The authors have experienced both of these outcomes and can share processes that may help make your PLC one that enriches your…

  • Assessment <em>for</em> Learning

    Journal Article |

    Due to the student-centered nature of problem-based learning (PBL) and project-based science (PBS), it is easy for teachers not to provide students with adequate feedback or enough support to promote critical thinking.…

  • A Killer Lake Alive with Learning Opportunities

    Journal Article |

    Students often fail to remember, understand, and apply what they have learned in science classrooms. The sample lesson described in this article illustrates how teachers might move science education toward an authentic…

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