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Journal Article

Barriers to Learning Assistant Engagement

Learning Assistants (LAs) help students develop a deeper understanding of content and are particularly effective during active learning instruction....

By Alicia Purtell, Robert Talbot, and Michael E. Moore

Postsecondary Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Show Your Students How to Be More Persuasive When They Write

After a grueling grading campaign, a chemist asked a writing and rhetoric specialist for help improving formal reports in the introductory organic c...

By David J. Slade and Susan K. Hess

Postsecondary Literacy Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Backward Redesign of a Nonmajors’ Biology Course at a Two-Year Technical College

Gwinnett Technical College (GTC), established in 1984, is the second-largest technical college in Georgia. As a two-year open-access college, GTC an...

By Margaret Long, Adrienne Cottrell-Yongye, and Tyler Huynh

Postsecondary Biology Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Peer-Designed Active Learning Modules as a Strategy to Improve Confidence and Comprehension Within Introductory Computer Science

While research has demonstrated the links between active learning and student success, lecture remains a dominant instructional method within introd...

By Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Jaemarie Solyst, Anisha Pai, and Lu Yu

Postsecondary Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

K–12 DREAMS to Teach Program at Morehouse College

This study explores the pathways to K–12 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics instruction among Black/African American males in the Di...

By Cynthia Trawick, Thema Monroe-White, Jigsa A. Tola, Jamie P. Clayton, and J. K. Haynes

Postsecondary Pre-service Teachers Advocacy STEM Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Community College Students Rise to the Challenge

High-structure course designs have reduced achievement gaps for low-income and underrepresented minority students at research universities. But do c...

By Scott Freeman, Pamela Pape-Lindstrom, Anne Casper, and Sarah Eddy

Postsecondary Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Reports Article

Giving Teachers Freedom of Choice

By Gabe Kraljevic

Middle School Elementary High School Pre-service Teachers Preschool Administration General Science New Science Teachers News Policy Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Remote Learning: Problem or Opportunity?

By Chris Anderson

High School Instructional Materials Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Letters to the Editor

High School Equity Inclusion Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

STEM Teaching Support During COVID-19

By Kate Lu Sedor

Informal Education Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Universal Design for Learning Science: Reframing Elementary Instruction in Physical Science

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Here’s good news: With this practical book, you can learn from experien...

By Deborah Hanuscin, Delinda van Garderen

Elementary Physical Science Multilingual Learners Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Disabilities Equity Inclusion Teacher Preparation

NSTA Press Book

Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.With the Novel Engineering approach, “students become excited about wha...

By Elissa Milto, Merredith Portsmore, Mary McCormick, Jessica Watkins, Morgan Hynes

Elementary Middle School Preschool Engineering STEM Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Literacy Teacher Preparation