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While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introductory STEM courses. In this project, we used the strategy of…
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“It's Okay That You Add Your Touch”: Fostering Imagining and Creating Through STEAM Education
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The Science from Scientists Experience Goes Virtual
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Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry
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Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…
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Learn how to build a summative performance assessment from a standardized test question.
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Q: How Can I Foster Scientific Literacy in My Students?
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Taking the Office Hour Out of the Office
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Science classrooms across our campus have changed dramatically over the past 10 years as an increasing number of instructors have incorporated a variety of active learning techniques into their teaching practice, using…
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Closing the Achievement Gap by Bringing STEM Kits Home
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Making Sense of Apparent Brightness
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…
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Using Narratives to Evoke Empathy and Support Girls’ Engagement in Engineering
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Computer simulations have become essential to scientific investigation and engineering design, thanks to advances in mathematical modeling, game theory, and computing technology. Simulations now provide an indispensable…