Journal Clubs—A Successful Vehicle to Science Literacy: Reversing Roles in the Classroom With Student-Led Discussions of Primary Literature

Journal Article | February 2000

As part of a developmental biology course at New Jersey’s Kean University, students present a current research paper on developmental biology, emphasizing important experiments, data analysis, and major theories. This…

Teacher's Toolkit: Explanations Across the Curricula: Integrating Common Core State Standards in Literacy With the National Science Education Standards

Journal Article | March 2016

This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue presents examples of how an explanation framework is used to promote literacy across several content areas: science…

Research and Teaching: Mandatory Climate Change Discussions in Online Classrooms: Promoting Students' Climate Literacy and Understanding of the Nature of Science

Journal Article | April 2012

To expose students to critical analysis of media and emphasize the nature of science, we required them to access scientific reports and participate in mandatory peer discussions. The vast majority of students indicated…

Science Literacy and Pseudoscience

Blog Post | February 2014

A recent blog post “Whole Foods: America’s Temple of Pseudoscience” got me thinking about a topic of deep personal concern. As head of the National Science Teachers Association, one of my overarching goals is to improve…

Literacy skills in science

Blog Post | November 2007

As part of a project I am working on, I was visiting the science classes of teachers who participated in a summer professional education project. One of the elementary teachers indicated that I should wait until April…

All Literacy resources

List | February 2020

Promoting Science Literacy Through Research Service-Learning—An Emerging Pedagogy With Significant Benefits for Students, Faculty, Universities, and Communities

Journal Article | June 2010

Research service-learning (RSL) is an emerging pedagogy in which students engage in research within a service-learning context. This approach has great potential to promote science literacy because it teaches students…