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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue focuses on demonstrating the power of visually representing the NGSS's three-dimensional learning model using a…
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Engineering Encounters: Engineer It, Learn It: Science and Engineering Practices in Action
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Step into an elementary classroom to see what Next Generation Science Standards practices look like.
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Connect classroom learning and community outreach through a unit about invasive ecology.
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Active Learning in the Atmospheric Science Classroom and Beyond Through High-Altitude Ballooning
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This article describes the implementation of high-altitude balloon research into a variety of undergraduate atmospheric science classes as a means of increasing active student engagement in real-world, problem-solving…
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Point of View: Saving Energy in the Chemistry-Teaching Process and Improving Student Learning
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Somewhere between high school chemistry and first-year college chemistry courses, there is a disconnect. Whatever the reason, most students are not prepared for college chemistry. As a beginning chemistry educator, the…
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Science Sampler: Teacher for a day—Sometimes the front of the classroom is the best place to learn
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Demo Day is a day in which students assume the role of teacher. This allows students to gain valuable research and presentation skills, learn how to teach science to younger students, and experience learning from the…
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Case Study: Involving Freshmen Nonscience Majors in Case Writing: Lessons Learned
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This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue describes a project that engages nonscience majors…
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How Does Student Performance on Formative Assessments Relate to Learning Assessed by Exams?
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A retrospective analysis examines the relationships between formative assessments and exam grades in two undergraduate geoscience courses. Pair and group-work grades correlate weakly with individual exam grades. Exam…
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More Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events (e-book)
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• What can a chocolate chip cookie tell us about the Earth’s resources and the importance of environmental conservation? • How can a clear, colorless spray solution unveil a hidden message on a blank sign? …
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Technology-Based Learning: Using water studies as the basis for an alternative teaching strategy
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The Technology-Based Learning in School Science (tBLISS) project was developed with two purposes in mind—to investigate the feasibility of implementing a technology-based science curriculum with a small group of…
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LabWrite: Transforming Lab Reports from Busy Work to Meaningful Learning Opportunities
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Lab reports are the dreaded assignments of the laboratory course. Students dislike them, because they can be tedious and time-consuming. Instructors dislike them, because they significantly increase the grading load.…
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