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Quigley, Cassie F.; Herro, Danielle – Teachers College Press, 2019
This practical book will help readers understand what STEAM is, how it differs from STEM, and how it can be used to engage students in K-8 classrooms. The authors present a conceptual model with recommendations and classroom examples illustrating various key aspects of STEAM teaching in action, including creating the correct teaching environment,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Duran, Emilio; Worch, Eric; Boros, Amy; Keeley, Page – Science and Children, 2017
One of the most powerful strategies to support next generation science instruction is the use of instructional models. The Biological Sciences Curriculum Study 5E (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) instructional model is arguably the most widely used version of a learning cycle in today's classrooms. The use of the 5Es as an…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Models, Biology, Science Curriculum
Pratt, Sarah S.; Lupton, Tina M.; Richardson, Kerri – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
As teachers seek activities to assist students in understanding division as more than just the algorithm, they find many examples of division as fair sharing. However, teachers have few activities to engage students in a quotative (measurement) model of division. Efraim Fischbein and his colleagues (1985) defined two types of whole-number…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Color, Teaching Methods
Hitt, Austin Manning; Townsend, J. Scott – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2015
Elementary, middle-level, and high school science teachers commonly find their students have misconceptions about heat and temperature. Unfortunately, student misconceptions are difficult to modify or change and can prevent students from learning the accurate scientific explanation. In order to improve our students' understanding of heat and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Misconceptions, Heat
Ryan, Sheila; Herrington, Deborah G. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Understanding what happens at the particulate level when ionic compounds dissolve in water is difficult for many students, yet this understanding is critical in explaining many macroscopic observations. This article describes a student-centered activity designed to help strengthen students' conceptual understanding of this process at the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Magnets
Crismond, David – Science Teacher, 2013
This article describes beginner habits and misconceptions related to design practices. Once teachers are aware of these habits and misconceptions, they can more easily recognize them and work to remedy them through instruction. Presented herein are eight practice habits. Each item begins with the practice, describes a related design habit or…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Misconceptions, Design
Wiebke, Heidi; Rogers, Meredith Park; Nargund-Joshi, Vanashri – Science and Children, 2011
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS 1993) states that by the end of fifth grade, students should understand that a model, such as those depicting the solar system, is a smaller version of the real product, making it easier to physically work with and therefore learn from. However, for students and even adults,…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Measurement Techniques, Misconceptions, Science Instruction
Wilson, Nancy Effinger – CEA Forum, 2015
Thomas Rickert warns of the dangers of "pedagogies that seek the disruption and politicization of hierarchies of power and privilege, especially in terms of race, class, and gender" because they can "nevertheless produce new forms of power and privilege that in turn produce new resistances, further alienate already cynical students,…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Bias, Social Attitudes, Power Structure
Kottonau, Johannes – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
Effectively teaching the concepts of osmosis to college-level students is a major obstacle in biological education. Therefore, a novel computer model is presented that allows students to observe the random nature of particle motion simultaneously with the seemingly directed net flow of water across a semipermeable membrane during osmotic…
Descriptors: Models, Probability, Internet, Misconceptions
Roche, Anne – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2010
A considerable body of research exists on students' understanding of decimal fractions and the prevalence and persistence of common misconceptions related to this understanding. Results from major studies such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the United States and the Concepts in Secondary Mathematics and Science (CSMS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics, Number Concepts, Models
Spitzer, Sandy M.; Phelps, Christine M.; Beyers, James E. R.; Johnson, Delayne Y.; Sieminski, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2011
This study investigated the effects of a classroom intervention on prospective elementary teachers' ability to evaluate evidence of student achievement of mathematical learning goals. The intervention was informed by a framework for teacher education which aims to provide prospective teachers (PTs) with the skills needed to systematically learn…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teacher Attitudes, Misconceptions, Teaching Methods
Carrier, Sarah J.; Thomas, Annie – Science and Children, 2010
"Watch out, the stove will burn you," "Ooh, ice cream headache!" Students construct their conceptions about heat and temperature through their own intuitions about daily life experiences. As a result, misconceptions can be born from these constructed concepts. The activity described here addresses student misconceptions about thermal insulation…
Descriptors: Structural Elements (Construction), Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Problem Solving
Turk, Fatma; Calik, Muammer – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
Since Widodo, Duit and Muller (2002) addressed that there is a gap between teacher's theoretical knowledge and their practical classroom constructivist behavior, we presented a sample teaching activity about Endothermic-Exothermic Reactions for teacher usage. Therein, the aim of this study is to design a 5E model to include students' alternative…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Misconceptions, Worksheets, Concept Formation
Jasien, Paul G. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
A semi-quantitative model has been developed to estimate the relative effects of dispersion, dipole-dipole interactions, and H-bonding on the normal boiling points ("T[subscript b]") for a subset of simple organic systems. The model is based upon a statistical analysis using multiple linear regression on a series of straight-chain organic…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Multiple Regression Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Misconceptions
Marlina, Roby – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Active participation in university tutorials seems to be commonly argued as one of the learning difficulties of non-English-speaking background (NESB) Asian students enrolled in Western English-speaking universities. These students are often portrayed as being passive in class and this is commonly attributed to their background culture. Using…
Descriptors: Asians, Learning Problems, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions