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Direct linkCook, Kristin; Wheeler, Winn – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
Many teacher educator preparation programs do not provide opportunities for preservice teachers (PSTs) to experience and examine the use of popular fiction as a connection point to science teaching. This study explores a unit designed to support PSTs in learning and applying core concepts and processes of literacy and science by leveraging a…
Descriptors: Fiction, Popular Culture, Inquiry, Teaching Methods
Miranda S. Fitzgerald – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2025
School pedagogies that expand opportunities for learners to build and use knowledge for meaningful purposes are resources for hope. Internationally, standards-based reforms in science education position schooling as a context for building and using disciplinary knowledge to explain phenomena and solve problems. There is also growing research…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Content Area Reading, Expectation
Bielik, Tom; Finnie, Kellie; Peek-Brown, Deborah; Klager, Chris; Touitou, Israel; Schneider, Barbara; Krajcik, Joseph – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2022
To meet the demands of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), teachers need to reconsider their current instructional practices, shifting from learning about scientific ideas to making sense of phenomena and solving problems using three-dimensional learning components. Project-Based Learning (PBL) provides a framework for creating…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
Hicks, Troy; Hyler, Jeremy; Pangle, Wiline – Eye on Education, 2020
Discover how to effectively incorporate literacy instruction into your middle or high school science classroom with this practical book. You'll find creative, inquiry-based tools to show you what it means to teach science with and through writing, and strategies to help your students become young scientists who can use reading and writing to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Literacy, Content Area Writing
Download full textAlston, Daniel M.; Marshall, Jeff C.; Smart, Julie B. – Science Educator, 2020
In the United States, reform movements have been a part of the science education community for decades. Inquiry-based instruction has a long history in reform documents and while it is not explicitly used in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), the underlying tenants of this instructional strategy are still evident. Thus, inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Academic Standards, Science Instruction
Aliza Zivic; John F. Smith; Brian J. Reiser; Kelsey D. Edwards; Michael Novak; Tara A. W. McGill – Grantee Submission, 2018
A tension in designing classroom learning involves balancing the questions and interests of students with the goals of teachers and standards. One approach to navigating this tension in science classrooms is to simultaneously support and constrain students' questions about an observable natural phenomenon in the classroom and then take up those…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
Graham, Karen J.; Gengarelly, Lara M.; Hopkins, Barbara A.; Lombard, Melissa A. – NSTA Press, 2017
What is it really like to plunge into the world of science learning and teaching? Find out in this unique book. "Dive In!" grew out of a teacher-scientist project at the University of New Hampshire that promoted active learning and using science practices in the classroom. That experience yielded this book's reason for being: to provide…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education, Science Instruction
Wyse, Sara A.; Soneral, Paula A. G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Despite its value in higher education, academic rigor is a challenging construct to define for instructor and students alike. How do students perceive academic rigor in their biology course work? Using qualitative surveys, we asked students to identify "easy" or "hard" courses and define which aspects of these learning…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes, Biology
Concannon, James; Brown, Patrick L. – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2017
The "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) challenges science teachers to think beyond specific content standards when considering how to design and implement curriculum. This lesson, "Windmills by Design," is an insightful lesson in how science teachers can create and implement a cross-cutting lesson to teach the concepts…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Design, High School Students
Madden, Lauren; Seifried, Joyce; Farnum, Kerry; D'Armiento, Angela – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2016
Discrepant events are often used by science educators to incite interest and excitement in learners, yet sometimes their results are farther-reaching. The following article describes how one such event--dissolving packing peanuts in acetone--led to a change in the course of a college-level elementary science teaching methods class and to the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
Lawrence, Maria; Yang, Li-Ling; Briggs, May; Hession, Alicia; Koussa, Anita; Wagoner, Lisa – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2016
A fifth grade life science lesson was implemented through a lesson study approach in two fifth grade classrooms. The research lesson was designed by a team of four elementary school teachers with the goal of emphasizing engineering practices consistent with the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) (Achieve Inc. 2013). The fifth…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Elementary School Science, Grade 5, Engineering
Charles J. Eick; Michael Dias – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2016
The first author re-entered the middle grades classroom to teach a new National Science Foundation (NSF) physical science curriculum that was designed to foster conceptual change through a scientific approach. The curriculum design met the need and call for reform in science education through its focus on inquiry, evidence-based reasoning, peer…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Curriculum Design
Edwards, Susan – Middle School Journal, 2015
What is active learning and what does it look like in the classroom? If students are participating in active learning, they are playing a more engaged role in the learning process and are not overly reliant on the teacher (Bransford, Brown, & Cocking, 2003; Petress, 2008). The purpose of this article is to propose a framework to describe and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Middle School Students, Planning, Middle School Teachers
Cavin, Amanda; Elfer, Charles J.; Roberts, Scott L. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2014
At first glance, implementing the new Common Core Standards, with their dramatically higher learning expectations for early elementary students, may seem like a daunting task. The authors of this article think there has never been a better time for K-2 teachers to begin developing lessons that integrate all disciplines, promote higher order…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Gardening, Elementary School Students
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