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Capturing Student and Instructor Experiences, Perceptions, and Reflections on Remote Learning and Teaching in Introductory Chemistry Courses During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to suddenly pivot from in-person to remote teaching and students to rapidly adapt their learning strategies. During this emergency instruction period, 21 semistructured, one-on-one interviews were conducted to...

By Pouya Bahrami, Denice Blanco, Hannah Thetford, Li Ye, and Julia Y. K. Chan

Chemistry Distance Learning Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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How I Inadvertently Misled Some Students

Clear key results and simple figures have clear advantages when teaching. However, these same properties can mislead some students. I provide examples from my presentation on the body mass index, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maps of the...

By Mark Milanick

Postsecondary Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education

Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of foundational ideas. Teacher preparation programs and professional development providers therefore have ...

By Rachel Hallett-Njuguna

Postsecondary Literacy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Your Student Said What?!

By Alexander Eden

High School New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Revolutionizing Robotics

By Thomas Tran, Elizabeth McNeela, Jason Robinson, Jill McLean, Karin Jensen, and Holly Golecki

High School Curriculum Engineering Inclusion Instructional Materials Lesson Plans Science and Engineering Practices STEM Teacher Preparation Technology Three-Dimensional Learning

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Initial Development and Validation of the Biology Teaching Assistant Role Identity Questionnaire (BTARIQ)

Graduate teaching assistants (TAs) may identify with multiple roles during their introductory biology teaching experiences. This study developed an instrument that measures TA role identity in introductory biology. Initial development and content val...

By Amy E. Kulesza and Dorinda J. Gallant

Postsecondary Biology Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Support for Teaching Critical Thinking in STEM

This qualitative research study aimed to discover what obstacles and supports community college teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) face when teaching critical-thinking skills in their courses. The research was conduc...

By Christa Evangelisto

Administration Preservice Science Education STEM Teacher Preparation

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Examining the Effects of STEM Identity and Teaching Identity on Science and Mathematics Teaching Identity and Persistence in a Teaching Program

In response to the demand for more STEM-certified teachers, identity has emerged as a theoretical lens for examining how candidates can be recruited into and retained in the teaching profession. This study explores the intersection between teaching i...

By Ingelise Giles, Nicole Cook, Zahra Hazari, Maria Fernandez, and Laird Kramer

Equity Preservice Science Education STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Leadership’s Role in Elementary Science Safety

By Ken Roy

Elementary Leadership Safety Teacher Preparation

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Tips for Teaching the Physics of Falling

By Paul G. Hewitt

High School Physical Science Physics Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Building a Science Classroom Community

By Ann Haley Mackenzie

High School Leadership New Science Teachers Pedagogy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Teaching in Tandem

In the information age, the acquisition of data literacy skills has become increasingly important for undergraduate student success, yet these skills are not emphasized in the lecture setting. Here we present a study to inspire educators to scaffold ...

By Emily G. Weigel and Aakanksha Angra

Postsecondary Biology Instructional Materials Literacy Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Impacts of a Prerequisite Online Laboratory Course

In response to remote learning needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, introductory lecture and laboratory courses typically delivered fully in person were offered in a completely virtual format for the first time. Introductory laboratory courses are piv...

By Elizabeth V. Jones, Michael Evans, and Carrie Shepler

Postsecondary Chemistry Instructional Materials Labs Teacher Preparation

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Teaching Green Chemistry Through Student-Generated Open Educational Resources

This article describes the implementation of a student-generated open educational resource project into a majors’ organic chemistry laboratory. This scaffolded semester-long project was organized into six phases and designed to promote the goals of...

By Krystal Grieger and Alexey Leontyev

Chemistry Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Issues of Question Equivalence in Online Exam Pools

During the pandemic, the use of question pools for online testing was recommended to mitigate cheating, exposing multitudes of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students across the globe to this practice. Yet instructors may be...

By Cody Goolsby-Cole, Sarah M. Bass, Liz Stanwyck, Sarah Leupen, Tara S. Carpenter, and Linda C. Hodges

Postsecondary Assessment Pedagogy Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation