Using an Instructional Team During Pandemic Remote Teaching Enhanced Student Outcomes in a Large STEM Course

Journal Article | January 2022

The unplanned shift to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic challenged many instructors teaching large-enrollment courses to design learning environments that actively engaged all students. We looked at how…

Let’s Work Together

Journal Article | September 2022

Learning the Language of Scientists

Journal Article | October 2021

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students

Page | February 2020

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Hearing loss often appears to be an invisible disability until the student enters the classroom. The challenges for students are anchored in learning language, learning how to listen and speak (if possible) and in learning how to read and write. In nearly all cases,…

Intellectual Disabilities

Page | February 2020

Intellectual Disabilities Introduction Students with intellectual disabilities are identified by exhibiting the following criteria: Sub-average intellectual ability (IQ 70 or lower) Problems in adaptive functioning Manifested before the age of 18 General Strategies Identify science role…

Teaching Sciences With Impact Using the Lectorial Approach: Stimulating Active Learning

Journal Article | August 2020

This article reports on students’ experiences of the lectorial approach that was implemented for health science students studying sciences at a South Australian university. A lectorial, based on active student-centered…

Online Supplementary Files 2003-2021

Page | January 2020

Online Supplementary Files 2003-2021 July/August 2021Teaching Through Trade Books—Pushing, Pulling, and Predicting Force PatternsK-23-5Engineering Encounters—Turn Up the Music!Turn Up The Music Supplemental Resources     Using Toys to Create a Global ConnectionUsing Toys…

Making Computer Science Accessible

Journal Article | April 2021

Guidelines for Authors: The Science Teacher

Page | January 2020

Guidelines for Authors: The Science Teacher About The Science Teacher The Science Teacher is an award-winning, peer-reviewed, practitioners' journal for grade 9-12 teachers, university faculty responsible for teacher preparation, and state and district science supervisors and leaders. The Science…

Visual Impairments

Page | February 2020

Visual Impairments Students with visual impairments include those with low vision and those who are blind. Students who are blind may use Braille to read. Students with low vision tend to read print, may use optical devices, or may also read Braille like their peers who are blind. Both students who…

NSTA Press Extras

Page | March 2020

NSTA Press Extras NSTA Press® books with additional online resources Adventures With Arthropods: Eco-Friendly Lessons for Middle School Becoming a Responsive Science Teacher: Focusing on Student Thinking in Secondary Science Beyond the Egg Drop: Infusing Engineering Into High School Physics Brain-Powered Science…

Putting Problem-based Learning in Its Place

Journal Article | July 2022

It Takes a Village

Journal Article | May 2023