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Journal Article
Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning
This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the t...
By Kathleen Koenig, Krista E. Wood, Larry J. Bortner and Lei Bao
Journal Article
Re-imagining the Role of Families as Equal Partners in STEM Learning
By Tarana Khan and Susana Beltran Grimm
Journal Article
Creating Pathways for Equity in STEM Through Family Engagement
By Remy Dou and Heidi Cian
Journal Article
Student-Driven Research in the First Year
We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic caree...
By Christina Cianfrani, Sarah Hews, and Christene DeJong
Blog Post
Teaching and Learning About COVID-19 During the Pandemic
By Troy D. Sadler, Pat Friedrichsen, Laura Zangori, and Li Ke
Journal Article
Adapting a Popular Technique in College Lecture Halls to K–12 Classrooms
By J. Bryan Henderson
NSTA Press Book
The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what studen...
By Ted Willard
Journal Article
A physics laboratory instructor used action research to effectively implement a 5E instructional approach, which incorporated scientific practices. ...
By Ozden Sengul and Renee Schwartz
Journal Article
Constructive Error Climate: A Classroom Assessment Technique in Science Classes
Although making errors in the learning process is common, it is usually perceived by students as something negative and a potential threat to self-e...
By Yunteng He
Journal Article
Outcomes for Peer-Based Mentors in a University-Wide STEM Persistence Program: A Three-Year Analysis
While the majority of STEM persistence has focused on outcomes for first-year students, there has been little investigation into the outcomes for pe...
By Dean T. Spaulding, Jelane A. Kennedy, Amanda Rozsavolgyi, and Wilfredo Colón
Journal Article
In this article, the authors describe how classroom observations were used to characterize differences in instructional practices among undergraduat...
By Katherine McCance, Timothy Weston, and Emily Niemeyer
Journal Article
This article describes how clickers (student response systems) may be used to assess and support the development of productive process skills and di...
By Christopher Bauer