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Research and Teaching: Using Peer Teaching to Promote Learning in Biology
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The author assessed the effectiveness of peer teaching in helping students learn biology concepts. Students performed the best on exam questions based on material they taught. Student test averages increased…
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Career of the Month: An Interview with Food Policy Researcher Caitlin Boon
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From safety to nutrition, food policy researchers work to improve what we eat. They examine evidence found by experts in food science, consumer behavior, taste perception, nutrition, and many other related fields. Using…
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Research and Teaching: Conceptual Change in Introductory-Level Astronomy Courses
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As part of a project to transform an introductory astronomy course (Bisard and Zeilik, 1998), the authors developed, validated, and presented a set of multiple-choice questions to hundreds of students at the University…
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Research and Teaching: Graduate Students as Middle School Content Experts
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This article describes how an NSF project sponsors graduate students who provide rich science content expertise for middle school teachers and their students and simultaneously gives these graduate students extensive…
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Scope on the Skies: Engaging Students in Independent Astronomy Research Projects
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This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses a model project called Cool Cosmos in which students work with image-processing software.
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Assessment in Science: Practical Experiences and Education Research (e-Book)
eBook |
If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers…