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Designing Effective Science Instruction: What Works in Science Classrooms (e-book)
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Science teachers, like all teachers, start each school year with high hopes and expectations for students to succeed. They plan their lessons, scramble to get the necessary equipment, and work hard to engage their…
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Research and Teaching: Who Does Extra-Credit Work in Introductory Science Courses?
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On the first day of classes, 81% of students in an introductory biology course claimed that they would submit extra-credit work if given the opportunity. When given two chances for extra-credit work, fewer than one-…
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LabWrite: Transforming Lab Reports from Busy Work to Meaningful Learning Opportunities
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Lab reports are the dreaded assignments of the laboratory course. Students dislike them, because they can be tedious and time-consuming. Instructors dislike them, because they significantly increase the grading load.…
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Space Day 2000: Students are invited to solve problems of living and working in space
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The Challenger Center for Space Science Education created three Design Challenges and invited students to submit solutions to any of the three challenges that involve living and working in space. This allows students to…
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Physics Careers Web Site: Expanding College Women’s Perceptions of Physicists’ Lives and Work
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Twenty college women used a Physics Careers Web site that aligned profiles of the college’s physics alumnae with the curriculum of introductory physics during an experimental version of the course. Twenty-one college…
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Research and Teaching: Many Paths Toward Discovery: A Module for Teaching How Science Works
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Improving students’ understanding of how science works requires explicit instruction. Here, the authors test the efficacy of a module based on two previously published activities (the Cube Puzzle and the case study…
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Research and Teaching: Teaching Students How to Check Their Work While Solving Problems in Genetics
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An essential component skill of monitoring and reflection during problem solving is work checking, a process used by experts while solving problems to determine if their solution is achieving the goal. The results of…
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All in a Day's Work, 2nd Edition: Careers Using Science (e-book)
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“Almost all careers in the 21st century require a working knowledge of science and mathematics,” says Steve Metz, The Science Teacher field editor, in his introduction to All in a Day’s Work, 2nd edition. “The pending…
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