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As a teacher, you can threaten, cajole, plead, or reward students into doing what you want, but the ultimate decision about how much to participate is made by the students. This chapter gives many suggestions of new…
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Strategies for Teaching Science to English Learners
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Teachers who teach science play a key role with English language learners (ELLs). In this chapter, the authors discuss strategies teachers can use to help English language learners learn science while improving their…
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Applying Conceptual Change Strategies to College Science Teaching
Book Chapter |
This chapter will focus on meaningful learning and conceptual change from the perspective of science education. The authors describe in detail two case studies of conceptual change-based curricula—one that focuses on…
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Community-Informed STEM Teaching Strategies for Early Childhood Educators During COVID
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Journal Article |
In the face of the escalating climate crisis, effective climate education is imperative, not only for imparting knowledge, but also for inspiring action. This paper explores innovative strategies for teaching climate…
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In this article, we use the strategies listed above to engage students in a 5E lesson on static electricity (partially addressing MS-PS2-3). We start the engage phase by using a “magic trick” as a hook to engage…
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Methods and Strategies: Responsive Teaching
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This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching.
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In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students improve their physics knowledge and problem-solving skills. In this…
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Teacher's Toolkit: Strategies for co-teaching and teacher collaborations
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How-to strategies and classroom management
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Strategies for Teaching Something New
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It is the beginning of another school year and, after teaching sixth-grade life science for 15 years, you are now asked to teach eighth-grade Earth science! Panic sets in and you begin to feel like a first-year teacher…
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The Poetry of Science: Teaching Strategies
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Building literacy in playful, meaningful ways. This poem introduces observation and the skills of a natural scientist.