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Off the Beaten Path: A learning camping experience
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"Off the Beaten Path" is a program that takes at-risk students out of the traditional classroom and into a camping atmosphere. The program's purpose is to help increase academic achievement, improve self-esteem, and…
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Environmental Service Learning: Relevant, Rewarding, and Responsible
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At Georgia Southern University (GSU), a regional university of 17,000 students, environmental science is a required introductory course for all students. Consequently, environmental-biology class sizes are large, often…
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Engaging General Biology Students With Learning Contracts
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Students in a general biology class used a learning contract where they selected chapter-relevant activities they could complete through several formats: oral, written, or artistic. The majority of students felt they…
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Productive Questions: Tools for Supporting Constructivist Learning
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The six types of productive questions—attention-focusing, measuring and counting, comparison, action, problem-posing, and reasoning—enable teachers to create a bridge between activities and students. A teacher's own…
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Editor's Corner: As We Teach, We Learn . . .
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The Science Teacher’s editor shares thoughts on the current issue.
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Editor's Note: Learning Doesn't Take a Vacation
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Science and Children’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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