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NSTA Press Book
Healthy Living, Grade 10: STEM Road Map for High School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your 10th graders to develop a product or process that helps people embrace diet and exercise and has a positive impact on society? With this vol...
NSTA Press Book
Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020!What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Human Impacts on Our Climate outlines a journe...
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 students know and are able to do grows and evolves over time. Simple ideas learned in the early elementary...
By Ted Willard
NSTA Press Book
STEM, Standards, and Strategies for High-Quality Units
New in 2020!Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Do you, your school, or your school district want to align your science curriculum with state standards while meeting the growing demand for STEM instruction? If so, this is ...
By Rodger Bybee
Journal Article
Course-Based Research in the First Semester of College
Undergraduate students are increasingly aware of complex global challenges and have a strong desire to take action and create change. Course-based undergraduate research experiences can offer a wide range of students the opportunity to gain skills ...
By Christina Cianfrani and Sarah Hews
Journal Article
Features of an Effective Future-Faculty Teaching-Development Program
Many institutions are preparing graduate students and postdoctorals (future faculty) for effective teaching in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Interestingly, little is known about beneficial features of teach...
By Jacinta Mutambuki, Regina Frey, and Denise Leonard
Journal Article
A physics laboratory instructor used action research to effectively implement a 5E instructional approach, which incorporated scientific practices. The instructor explored how to integrate the instructional approach into practice, challenges presen...
By Ozden Sengul and Renee Schwartz
Journal Article
Design and Impact of an Undergraduate Civic Science Course
An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from Tufts University developed an undergraduate civic science course designed to help students better understand and interpret the broad, sociocultural impacts of science. The course teaches principles...
By Jonathan Garlick, Inger Bergom, and Annie Soisson
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 peer mentors. Of the studies conducted, results are promising. Benefits for peer mentors include a cha...
By Dean T. Spaulding, Jelane A. Kennedy, Amanda Rozsavolgyi, and Wilfredo Colón
Journal Article
Nonideal enrollment of nonbiology majors into biology majors courses serves as an impediment to academic success and negatively impacts rates of college course completion. In this Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved investigation, we examine ...
By Farshad Tamari, Mary Dawson, and Ivan Shun Ho
NSTA Press Book
The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize the inherent risks of living in a region that’s prone to flooding, earthquakes, and volcanoes? Wit...
Journal Article
By Kathleen Schenkel, Selena Bliesener, Angela Calabrese Barton, and Edna Tan