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The authors engaged in an education experiment to determine if the integration of lab and lecture activities in zoology and botany proved beneficial to student learning and motivation toward biology. Their results…
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Printed Notes Versus Virtual Lectures: An Examination of Student Learning of Geoscience Content
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Two geoscience course sections were provided with lecture content in different formats—one with static text that contained no graphics, the other with a link to a virtual lecture. Follow-up quizzes showed no difference…
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A multidisciplinary learning community provided environmental management students the opportunity to work with students in different classes and majors to create designs for improving the appearance and environmental…
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Research and Teaching: Silent Students' Participation in a Large Active Learning Science Classroom
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This study aims to understand the impact of active learning on silent students in a large general chemistry course taught via Socratic questioning and discussion "clicker" questions.
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What Are They Thinking? Promoting Elementary Learning Through Formative Assessment (e-Book)
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A REVERE Award Winner, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers! “Children are continually developing ideas and explanations about their natural world. … Some of these ideas are consistent with…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 (e-book)
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Problem-Based Learning in the Life Science Classroom, K–12 offers a great new way to ignite your creativity. Authors Tom McConnell, Joyce Parker, and Janet Eberhardt show you how to engage students with scenarios that…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K-12 (e-book)
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Problem-Based Learning in the Physical Science Classroom, K–12 will help your students truly understand concepts such as motion, energy, and magnetism in true-to-life contexts. The book offers a comprehensive…
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Archive: Transforming Science Learning: Keeping Phenomena at the Center of Science, May 4, 2022
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Take a peek behind the curtain of creating the NSTA Daily Do lesson plans driven by phenomena to engage all learners. Walk away with a rubric to guide your own lesson design. As a participant of this web seminar you…
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Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science (e-book)
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Here’s good news: With this practical book, you can learn from experienced elementary school educators about how to make physical science both challenging and accessible for a diverse range of students. Written by…
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Even More Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events (e-book)
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• How can water and a penny demonstrate the power of mathematics and molecular theory? • Do spelling and punctuation really matter to the human brain? The third of Thomas O’Brien’s books designed for 5–12…
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The difference between luminescence and incandescence seem simple enough concepts to teach. But to help students develop conceptual understanding, this article features activities from PRISMS (Physics Resources and…
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In the “Reggio Emilia Approach,” the teacher elicits ideas from children and channels the curriculum through long-term projects. The children’s predictions lay the foundation for many observations, discussions, and…
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Exploring Experimental Design: Using hands-on activities to learn about experimental design
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This article presents the basic concepts of experimental design through a series of hands-on activities. This allowed students to focus on one or two fundamental concepts during each activity, reducing the likelihood…
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“No Child Left Behind,” or are they...? According to recent research, pregnant teenagers and young parents often do not receive the quality of education available to other students. Most schools do not have a separate…
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Cloud Study Investigators: Using NASA's CERES S'COOL in Problem-Based Learning
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During a problem-based learning activity, middle school students conduct authentic scientific research by observing and recording information about clouds and contribute ground truth data to NASA's Clouds and the Earth'…
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