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Distributing Expertise to Integrate Computational Thinking Practices
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Exploring the Role of Student Seating Preference and Performance in a Large Introductory STEM Course
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Most introductory courses are held in large lecture halls, with students typically sitting in either the front, middle, or back of the classroom. In a mixed-methods study of student attendance, performance, and seat…
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Using Popular Fiction to Inspire Scientific Inquiry
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Many teacher educator preparation programs do not provide opportunities for preservice teachers (PSTs) to experience and examine the use of popular fiction as a connection point to science teaching. This study explores…
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Prior research in student retention emphasizes that building students’ connections with the institution and their peers is key. Students from underrepresented populations often lack these connections, making them more…
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Media Literacy in the Age of COVID and Climate Change
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Student Performance in Ground Versus Online Sections of a Biological Science I College Course
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This study is a comparison of ground-based versus online student performance using a combination of common final examination scores and associated demographic data in a biological science college course taught by a…
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Why Does Grandpa Ignore Grandma?
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What Do You Know About Volcanoes and Earthquakes?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about plate tectonic features and events. The probe is designed to uncover commonly held misconceptions about volcanoes and earthquakes.
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Connecting Learning Through Citizen Science in the Classroom, Community, and Online
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about trade-offs. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that trade-offs involve sacrificing one or more things in favor of another…
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Q: What are waves, and what are some things they can do?
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Freebies for Science Teachers, August 31, 2021
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Operationalizing the Duty of Care Through Rubrics
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Laboratory experiments are a key aspect of science education. However, they do have risks, and accidents do happen. Science educators have a duty of care, which includes duty of instruction. One tool that can be…
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Linking Formative Assessment Probes to the Explore-Before-Explain Instructional Sequence
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